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The ITUC has welcomed the adoption by the UN General Assembly on 24 July (Monday) of a Resolution for the International Day for Care and Support on 29 October. The Resolution for the International Day for Care and Support on 29 October recognises ...

The ITUC is gravely concerned at events in the Palestinian city of Jenin, where a large Israeli military operation is under way, with reports of ten people killed and some 100 injured. The Israeli authorities claim that the attack is due to the ...

There was overwhelming support from governments and employers for a trade union proposal to invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution, over the Lukashenko regime’s violations of freedom of association, including the imprisonment of trade union leaders ...

In India, labor unions have a history dating to the British colonial era in the late 19th century. The All India Trade Union Congress, AITUC, which grew to be the country's union was established in 1920. The IRC introduces concepts of negotiating union as part of a federal law.

On the first of May, working people across the world celebrate more than 150 years of collective action through their trade unions building secure, sustainable lives and delivering social justice. It is also a moment to reflect on the enormous challenges ...

The ITUC joins its affiliates in the Philippines in condemning the murder of trade union paralegal Alex Dolorosa of the BPO Industry Employees Network (BEIN) in Bacolod City. Alex Dolorosa was found with multiple stab wounds in yet another extra-judicial ...

The ITUC denounces the military clashes in Sudan between forces loyal to General Abdel Fattah, head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and General Hamdan Dagalo, head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. The clashes have killed ...

On International Workers’ Memorial Day, 28 April, trade unions are promoting the role that organising plays in making workplaces safer and healthier as we remember all working people who have lost their lives to workplace accidents and disease. ...

Climate scientists have issued a dire warning about an impending global catastrophe – there is an urgent action from G20 governments. Rather than continuing to allow corporate interests to dominate decision-making, the calls for a globally coordinated, ...

The ITUC demands that the government of Kazakhstan immediately implements ILO recommendations, restores the status of the Trade Union of Fuel and Energy Industry Workers as the recognised sectoral union and carries out reforms to tackle discrimination in the ...