News

• Iran: Protests Show Need for Fundamental Reform

  04-01-2018

  The suppression of protests in Iran this week, with the tragic deaths of more than 20 people and the arrest of several hundred, will do nothing to resolve the underlying social and economic discontent across the country. Anger over youth unemployment, as high as 60% in some areas, spiralling inflation and the continued decline in real incomes is being fuelled by resentment at Iran’s role in military conflicts abroad while the domestic economy is failing.
• 17th ITUC General Council Meeting

  19-12-2017

  One new member organisation, the General Federation of Iraqi Trade Unions (GFITU), was accepted into ITUC affiliation at the 17th meeting of the ITUC General Council, which took place from 29 November – 1 December in Brussels.
• International Migrants Day: UN Compact Must Deliver Equal Rights and Decent Work for Migrants

  18-12-2017

  With some 244 million migrants living outside their country of birth, the highest number in history, the international trade union movement is calling for the UN Global Compact on Migration to deliver equal rights and decent work for migrants, two-thirds of whom are workers.
• Honduras: Amid evidence of election fraud, police cracks down on peaceful protesters

  14-12-2017

  The ITUC has condemned the use of violence by state forces in Honduras against its own citizens in the aftermath of the presidential elections.
• Argentina’s WTO Civil Society Ban is Outrageous

  08-12-2017

  Argentina’s decision to ban civil society advocates from participating in meetings at the WTO Ministerial Conference which starts on 10 December is bizarre and anti-democratic.