Visit the new Global Unions website!
(18/6/2008)
http://www.global-unions.org...
May Day: Workers’ rights are human rights
(1/5/2008)
This year will mark the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On the occasion of International Workers’ Day, PSI takes the opportunity to re-emphasise that trade union rights...
Taiwanese-owned Company Urged to Respect Rulings of Nicaraguan Labour Authorities
(19/3/2008)
The Global Union representing workers in the garment industry has condemned the attitude of a Taiwanese-owned factory in Nicaragua for refusing to reinstate a dismissed union leader in defiance of...
New TUAC Website Launched
(14/1/2008)
The site represents a substantial transformation of the former TUAC site with search functions by type of document, subject area and keywords. For information or documentation prior to 2007 you may...
ICEM, IMF Sign Global Accord with Umicore
(28/9/2007)
Umicore, a Belgian metals group specialising in metal technology, chemicals, and catalysts systems, today signed a Global Framework Agreement jointly with the International Chemical, Energy, Mine and...
Journalists and Safety Advocates Welcome Launch of Iraqi Campaign over Violence against Media
(21/9/2007)
Global journalists’ and news safety leaders today welcomed the launch of an Iraq-based campaign aiming to stem the tide of violence against news media which has claimed the lives of 226 journalists...
Mansour Osanloo kidnapped from Tehran bus
(10/7/2007)
The ITF has received word from our affiliate that Mansour Osanloo was kidnapped on 10th July in Tehran by unknown persons at approximately 7pm local time.
Mansour Osanloo, President of the...
EI organises tour of tsunami-hit areas for students
(21/2/2007)
EI has organised a tour for twelve students from Japan, Australia, the UK and the Netherlands to the tsunami-hit areas of Aceh in Indonesia from 19-24 February. The students were selected from...
Global agreement signed with France Telecom
(21/12/2006)
More than 200,000 employees worldwide are covered by a global agreement signed on December 21 between UNI, telecom unions around the globe and France Telecom.
France Telecom Chief Executive Didier...
Building and Wood Workers International - BWI
(1/2/2006)
At its World Congress in Buenos Aires, on 9 December 2005, the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers (IFBWW) and the World Federation of Building and Wood Workers (WFBW) created a new...
International Trade Union Bodies Meet With UN Secretary General in Davos
(26/1/2006)
At a meeting with Kofi Annan at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 25 January, ICFTU General Secretary Guy Ryder said the global trade union movement had reached “good understandings” with the...
WTO must assess employment impacts
(17/11/2005)
Assessing development and employment impacts must be the condition for further trade liberalisation, argues IMF general secretary......
China: Facing Reality
(26/1/2005)
On December 6, trade union representatives from 20 countries preparing to travel to Beijing for an OECD meeting on socially responsible investing were informed that their visas had been invalidated...
Motion on diamond trading by belligerent parties
(31/3/2000)
Universal Alliance of Diamond Workers
Gaborone, Botswana, March 2000
Motion on diamond trading by belligerent parties
In some African countries, wars, conflicts and rebels are financed...
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