INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) Brussels 9 September 2011 (ITUC OnLine): ITUC Welcomes President Obama’s Jobs Speech “I reject the idea that we have to strip away collective bargaining rights to compete in a global economy. We shouldn’t be in a race to the bottom, where we try to offer …
Statement by the Commonwealth Trade Unions Group to the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of the Government Meeting – ITUC OnLine
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 138/150711 Statement by the Commonwealth Trade Unions Group to the 2011 Commonwealth Heads of the Government Meeting (CHOGM) (Perth, Australia, 28-30 October 2011) Brussels, 15 July 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The statement published today by the the Commonwealth Trade Unions Group sets out a …
Families and Workers lose as Governments cut key
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 128/230611 Families and Workers lose as Governments cut key services to pay off the banks Brussels, 23 June 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Workers and their families across the globe are at the end of savage cuts to the public sector, as Governments across the …
UN Environment Talks: Financial Transactions Tax Needed to Fund Climate Action
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 123/140611 UN Environment Talks: Financial Transactions Tax Needed to Fund Climate Action Brussels, 14 June 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Trade unions and civil society allies are calling on this week’s UN climate meeting in Bonn to endorse a financial transactions tax to help meet …
Unions Worldwide Mobilise for Decent Work – ITUC OnLine
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 114/000611 Unions Worldwide Mobilise for Decent Work World Day for Decent Work 2011 Brussels, 14 June 2011 (ITUC OnLine): For the fourth year in a row, trade unions and labour rights organisations across the world will mobilise again on 7 October in favour …
Worldwide Survey: Repression of union rights and economic freedoms across the globe
ITUC OnLine 113/080611 Worldwide Survey: Repression of union rights and economic freedoms across the globe – Survey across 143 countries – Americas still the deadliest region – Seeds of Arab Spring in worker’s repression and ignoring economic rights. Brussels/Geneva, 8 June 2011 (ITUC Press): Colombia and the Americas maintain the …
ITUC Calls on UN Human Rights Council to Adopt Principles on Business
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine 112/250511 ITUC Calls on UN Human Rights Council to Adopt Principles on Business Brussels, 27 May 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The UN Human Rights Council should adopt “Guiding Principles” on business and human rights, as set out in a report from UN Special Representative John …
G8 Summit Must Deliver on Jobs – ITUC OnLine
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine 106/250511 G8 Summit Must Deliver on Jobs Brussels, 25 May 2011 (ITUC OnLine): This week’s G8 Summit of World Leaders must deliver leadership to end the global jobs crisis, according to the world’s trade unions. Over 30 million people who lost their jobs …
Winds of change for social justice and democracy 1 May 2011
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine 091/280411 “Winds of change for social justice and democracy 1 May 2011” “Brussels, 1 May 2001 – common statement of the ITUC and its Global Unions partners”. Brussels, 29 April 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Today as trade unionists around the world celebrate the role of …
April 28: Anti-regulation agenda of business groups threatens health and safety at work
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine 089/280411 April 28: Anti-regulation agenda of business groups threatens health and safety at work Brussels, 27 April 2011 (ITUC OnLine): International trade unions are warning of the potentially devastating effect of business lobbying to weaken protection for worker’s health and safety as workers across …