The ITUC has launched a petition calling the United Nations human rights chief to urgently update the two-year-old database of companies operating illegally in Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.
Read MoreThe Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy union coalition, and a former affiliate of IFWEA, is to disband, citing fears for safety as a major reason.
Read MoreThere is still time to get involved in the biggest global conversation about our future. Workers around the world will invite their employers to discuss plans for resilience and sustainable business on or around 22 September 2021.
Read MoreThe ITUC has written jointly with the ETUC to senior politicians in Ukraine to raise serious concerns about ongoing regressive labour reforms in the country, which include a lack of compatibility with requirements to guarantee working time, rest periods, minimum daily rest, overtime and leave.
Read MoreITUC calls on Tunisian authorities to convene a broad and inclusive process of dialogue after tens of thousands gathered in public squares to demand government action on health, jobs, deteriorating living conditions and increasing poverty.
Read MoreThe Campaign for the recognition of the State of Palestine brings together European, Israeli, and Palestinian civil society and trade union organisations to push for the recognition of the State of Palestine as the 194th full member of the United Nations (UN).
Read MoreThe International Labour Organization’s (ILO) annual International Labour Conference (ILC) has adopted a strong pandemic call to action. The plan, adopted with the unanimous support of government, trade union and employer representatives, fast-tracks implementation of the ILO Centenary Declaration. Read more
Read MoreThe ITUC has set up a coordinated strike fund for distribution to Myanmar unions. Contributions will be distributed among workers and families who have lost their livelihoods due to strike or other protest actions and will cover people’s emergency needs, such as food, shelter, and medical care. Find out more
Read MoreA month after protests began in Colombia, the national strike committee is calling for fresh demonstrations after the government refused to sign a preliminary agreement guaranteeing peaceful protests. IndustriALL stands by the Colombian people and condemns the state and government violence. Read more
Read MoreWorkplaces have now become a place loaded with shifting and never-ending coercion. People of different professions have to tip-toe their way during work, the tension comparable to the Cultural Revolution. In the name of the pandemic, those in power are stripping away the freedoms of Hong Kong’s people. Read more
Read MoreSOLIDAR has expressed deep concern about “what is happening in the tormented land of Palestine.” SOLIDAR calls on the European Union and the heads of government who care about peace and coexistence between Palestinians and Israelis to take diplomatic and political action in the frame of the United Nations. Read more
Read MoreIn commemorating May Day 2021, SOLIDAR celebrates the international workers’ movement and trade unions’ work to achieve social justice all around the world, and joins the call to make quality and sustainable jobs creation a central objective. Read more
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