INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine 067/230311 G20 Finance Ministers on Wrong Track Continued failure to tackle jobs crisis Further social unrest likely due to policy failures Destructive finance sector bonus culture left untouched Brussels, 23 March 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Trade unions are demanding a fundamental change in direction from …
Democracy, Fundamental Rights and Freedoms at Risk in USA As Wisconsin and Other States Attack Unions
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine 045/210211 Democracy, Fundamental Rights and Freedoms at Risk in USA As Wisconsin and Other States Attack Unions Brussels, 21 February 2011 (ITUC OnLine): Workers across the world are shocked to see the rights of teachers, health workers and other public employees attacked in the …
G20 Finance Ministers Fall Flat on Jobs, Disappoint on Financial Reform
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine 046/210211 G20 Finance Ministers Fall Flat on Jobs, Disappoint on Financial Reform Brussels, 21 February 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The international trade union movement has sharply criticised the failure of last week?s meeting of G20 Finance Ministers to focus on the global employment crisis. ?The …
G20 Must Act for Jobs, Regulation and Financial Transactions Tax
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Publication from ITUC OnLine 039/170211 G20 Must Act for Jobs, Regulation and Financial Transactions Tax Brussels 17 February 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The international trade union movement is calling on G20 Finance Ministers, meeting in Paris on 18 and 19 February, to take action to avoid a …
Egypt: ITUC Demands Mubarak Stop Violence
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ITUC OnLine 022/310111 Egypt: ITUC Demands Mubarak Stop Violence Brussels, 2 Febrary 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC is demanding that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to immediately stop the dramatically escalating violence being organised by his regime against peaceful demonstrators, including children, who are continuing to demand …