Release Belarusian trade unionists!
Since April 2022 the Belarusian government has been carrying out systematic repression against independent trade unions in Belarus. Till...
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- Jan 11
- 3 min
Qatargate: What the scandal reveals about the global trade union movement
In early December, the newly-elected leader of the International Trade Union Confederation, Luca Visentini, was arrested in Brussels as...
- Jan 4
- 3 min
A new generation of union leaders could transform Armenia’s labour relations
The legacy of Soviet labour relations and legal obstructions to striking have left Armenian trade unions with a poor reputation and...
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
The leaders of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions on trial today
In April and May 2022, a wave of searches and detentions of activists of the independent trade union movement swept through Belarus, and...
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
The trial of the leaders of the BKDP starts soon
In April and May 2022, a wave of searches and detentions of activists of the independent trade union movement swept through Belarus, and...
- Nov 19, 2022
- 7 min
Qatar: the unfinished journey
Reports from the ground underline a continuous breach of the new labour legislation and abuses by unscrupulous employers. Work contracts...
- Nov 17, 2022
- 2 min
Report: Trade unions building peace
Two billion people live in conflict-affected countries, with 56 state-based conflicts in the world today. International humanitarian...
- Nov 9, 2022
- 2 min
New trials against Belarusian trade unionists – ILO wants to force Belarus to respect workers’ right
The overwhelming majority of the representatives of the three ILO Governing Body groups decided yesterday to force the government of...
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
Dangerous to be business and human rights defender in Southeast Asia
People defending labour, land and environmental rights often experience strong backlash by both State and non-State actors and face high...
- Oct 27, 2022
- 2 min
Global Week of Action against adidas!
This week workers globally are demanding adidas negotiate with unions in actions taking place in over 20 cities. Most of adidas’...
- Oct 13, 2022
- 1 min
Nominations open for 2023 Arthur Svensson prize
We hereby invite unions all over the world to nominate candidates for next year's award of the "Arthur Svensson international prize for...
- Oct 12, 2022
- 3 min
Fashion: Freedom of Association is violated
Workers’ right to organise for decent work and a living wage are fundamental to advances for the millions of women workers making our...
- Oct 4, 2022
- 6 min
Low-paid workers are unionizing - Corporate America is alarmed
A record number of workers are trying to form trade unions. Workers have filed more than 2,000 requests to hold elections to form trade...
- Sep 27, 2022
- 2 min
ILO: Urgent need to revitalize trade unions
Geopolitical tensions, climate change and natural disasters, as well as armed conflicts and food and financial crises are exacerbating...
- Sep 15, 2022
- 2 min
Russian Journalists’ and Media Workers’ Union banned
The Moscow city court on Wednesday closed the independent Russian Journalists’ and Media Workers’ Union at the request of Moscow’s...
- Sep 8, 2022
- 6 min
It’s time to build a global arbitration system to defend workers’ rights
Multinational corporations dominate the global economy, but labour laws exist at national level, with no international body to defend...
- Sep 6, 2022
- 2 min
Workers struggle to make ends meet in Myanmar
Since the military seized power in a coup in February 2021, the new regime has presided over an economic collapse marked by rising...
- Sep 1, 2022
- 4 min
Trade union rights for civil servants, police and military personell
If civil servants and public service workers in the Nordic countries, Belgium and the Netherlands can organise, negotiate and take...
- Aug 16, 2022
- 3 min
In Myanmar, Workers and Activists Take on a Food Delivery Giant
Riders for online food delivery service Foodpanda have gone on strike, accusing the German-owned company of slashing rates while putting...
- Jun 28, 2022
- 2 min
Multiple areas of crisis see workers’ rights crumble: 2022 ITUC Global Rights Index
Key measures of abuse of workers’ rights have reached record highs, according to the 2022 edition of the International Trade Union...
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