Workers Increase Pressure for Climate Action As Negotiations Start in Durban
South African mine workers, Japanese energy workers, Argentinian construction workers, and UK teachers will join more than 250 unionists from 100 countries to showcase national actions to tackle climate change and create jobs in the ‘World of Work’ pavilion at the UN Climate Change talks in Durban.
Forced Labour, Child Labour, Discrimination and Violations of Trade Union Rights All Common in Thailand
A new report by the ITUC on core labour standards in Thailand, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) review of its trade policies, reveals serious violations of fundamental workers’ rights including a high degree of prevalence of forced labour.
Stop Violence, Impunity and Sexual Harassment at Work
To mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the ITUC and its affiliated organisations are mobilising across the globe to say ’stop violence, impunity and sexual harassment at work’.
Bahraini King’s Law-Reform Promise a Positive Sign
The pledge by Bahrain’s King Hamad to "reform our laws so they are compatible with international law" is a positive sign that the anti-union repression there may be coming to an end. The promise follows the release of a highly-critical report by an Independent Commission of Inquiry, released on 23 November, which detailed beatings, torture, arbitrary arrests, dismissals and a range of other serious rights violations aimed at the country’s trade unions in particular.
Durban Climate Change Negotiations Must Deliver Decisions for Workers and the Planet
The international trade union movement is urging governments meeting at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Durban to step out of their comfort zones and take decisions to extend the Kyoto Protocol, deliver a mandate to negotiate a comprehensive legally binding instrument for all countries, and fund the US$100 billion Green Climate Fund.