Australia Council of Trade Unions
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Thursday, 7 August 2008
In October or November 2008 New Zealand will have a General Election. A Your Rights At Work NZ Campaign has been established in Australia to get eligible New Zealand voters based in Australia enrolled to vote. What’s at read more...
New ITUC Worldwide Report Reveals Catalogue of Murder, Violence and Intimidation Against Trade Unionists   Brussels, 18 September 2007 (ITUC OnLine): An appalling total of 144 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers¹ read more...
Monday, 13 August 2007
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) Iran: More workers arrested as unionists picket embassies around the world Brussels, 9 August 2007 (ITUC OnLine): As trade unionists and human rights activists around the world joined in an read more...
Thursday, 12 July 2007
12 July, 2007 His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Palestine Avenue Azerbaijan Intersection Tehran, IRAN Fax:  0098-21-649-5880 Dear Mr. Present. RE: Abduction read more...
Saturday, 2 June 2007
Through a declaration handed over to Kajo Wasserhoevel, the Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs for Germany, young people from throughout the world have called on G8 leaders to urgently address the economic and social issues that keep read more...
Tuesday, 5 December 2006
World AIDS Day, Global Trade Unions Carry Forward Action Program A new title in the UNAIDS Best Practice Collection brings to the public attention the 'crucial role' and 'innovative programmes' of the labour movement in responding to HIV/AIDS, read more...
Thursday, 29 June 2006
Brussels 28 June 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): 300,000 Australian workers took to the streets in a series of nationwide rallies today to protest against the conservative government's new industrial relations laws. The laws impose heavy restrictions on read more...
Thursday, 8 June 2006
Brussels (ICFTU): 115 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers' rights in 2005, while more than 1,600 were subjected to violent assaults and some 9,000 arrested, according to the ICFTU's Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights violations, read more...
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Tomorrow, the European Commission is due to issue a Communication on 'decent work' -- putting workers' rights and basic employment standards on the European and international political agendas. Trade unions and social stakeholders welcome this read more...
Tuesday, 4 April 2006
A four-member trade union delegation led by ICFTU President Sharan Burrow will participate in a meeting of the UN's Economic and Social Council in New York from 4-5 April in the lead up to a High-Level Segment meeting of ECOSOC scheduled for Geneva read more...
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