B-Ready: ITUC condemns World Bank’s newly launched Index for its “dangerous” ranking of countries’ labour policies
The World Bank has released its Business Ready Index or “B-Ready Index,” ranking countries on their alleged ease of doing business.
COP29: Climate finance for a labour-focused Just Transition
Urgent action on climate finance is one of the International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC) central demands ahead of November’s COP29 Climate Change Conference.
World Day for Decent Work: workers deserve peace and democracy
The global trade union movement is calling for peace and democracy this World Day for Decent Work, 7 October, as authoritarianism and escalating military conflicts devastate workers’ lives worldwide.
Palestine: Global unions file ILO complaint to recover wages of over 200,000 Palestinian workers in Israel
A complaint against the Israeli government for blatant violations of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Protection of Wages Convention has been filed by nine global trade unions, with members in over 160 countries representing 207 million workers.
Corporate underminers of democracy
As an estimated four billion people vote to elect new governments in a historic year for democracy, trade unions are campaigning For Democracy at work, in societies, and in global institutions.
