Human and trade union rights : PROGRAMME AREA

Human rights are a concept that every human being has rights universal, inalienable, whatever the positive law or other local factors such as ethnicity, nationality or religion.

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21/12/2023

"Championing Rights-Based Migration Governance: ITUC-Africa’s Call to Action on International Migrants Day"

On this year International Migrants Day, the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) stands to acknowledge and celebrate the invaluable contributions of millions of migrants worldwide. As a staunch advocate for social justice and human rights, (...)
Dar Es Salam, 18 December 2023 By Adjélé Mensah Keywords : Activities; Newsletters; Human and trade union rights; Nigeria; Tanzania;
26/02/2020

6TH AFRICA SOCIAL PARTNERS SUMMIT: MESSAGE BY COMRADE AYUBA WABBA

A FRATERNAL MESSAGE BY COMRADE AYUBA WABBA, mni, PRESIDENT OF THE NLC AND ITUC AT THE 6TH AFRICA SOCIAL PARTNERS SUMMIT
Abuja, NIGERIA Keywords : Activities; Declarations; Human and trade union rights; Nigeria;
23/02/2020

The Choice is Ours – FESTU welcomes the signing of the Federal Electoral Bill into law

The Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU) and its 12 affiliated sector unions commend the signing of the country’s Federal Electoral Bill into law as a historic and tangible move towards the realisation of democratic rights of Somalis and ultimately, a stable and peaceful society.
23 February 2020 Keywords : Activities; Declarations; Human and trade union rights; Somalia;
17/02/2020

10th New Year School: African Trade Unions and the Future of Work

Technological advances, artificial intelligence, automation and robotics are plunging the world of work today into unprecedented change. If this change promises to be beneficial for some under other skies, that is likely to strike a blow to others on the black continent, given that the (...)
17-20 Febrary 2020 Lome, TOGO Keywords : Activities; Newsletters; Climate Change And Environment; Human and trade union rights; Gender Equality; Peace And Security; Extending Social Protection ; Organising And Workers Empowerment - Trade Union Unity; Structural Transformation For Africa’s Development; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment;
09/04/2019

Report of the 2019 Africa International Labour Conference (ILC) preparation meeting

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) conducted the preparatory meeting for the 2019 International Labour Conference (ILC). This year’s ILC will mark the (...)
20-22 March 2019 Kigali, RWANDA Keywords : Activities; Human and trade union rights; Peace And Security; Reports ; Rwanda;

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25/05/2021

ITUC-AFRICA STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 2021 AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) joins all Africans, both on the continent and in the diaspora, to commemorate this year’s Africa Liberation Day. The Day marks the founding of the Organization of African Unity (...)
25 May 2021 Keywords : Declarations ; Human and trade union rights ;
19/05/2021

Kaduna-Nigeria: Inciting Violent Attack on peaceful protesters: A disingenuous and dangerous way of addressing industrial dispute

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org representing over 17 million workers in 52 0f the 54 African countries, including Nigeria is pained and worried to learnt that hoodlums acting under the open invitation and (...)
Keywords : Human and trade union rights ; Protest letters ; Nigeria ; Communique ;
06/05/2021

Urgent Action: Brutal repression against protestors in Colombia

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) strongly condemns the brutal repression against the Colombian people who have exercised their right to freedom of expression against the tax reform bill and the anti-social policies of your government.
Lome, TOGO Keywords : Human and trade union rights ; Protest letters ;
06/05/2021

ORGANIZED LABOUR IN NIGERIA CONDEMNS AND REJECTS PLANS TO SLASH THE SALARIES - WE HAVE NO MORE BLOOD TO BLEED!S OF NIGERIAN WORKERS

It was with huge shock that we read the statement credited to the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, who said that the Federal Government was working to reduce the high cost of governance by cutting down on the salaries of Nigerian workers. The Minister was reported to have said this in (...)
Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ; Human and trade union rights ; Nigeria ; Extending Social Protection ; Communique ;
23/04/2021

WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION 2021 (28th April, 2021) under the theme “Save Lives At Work”

International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) or International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured, brings together workers and their representatives from all over the world to remember the dead, workers injured, made unwell or disabled by their work. Workers’ Memorial Day also marks the fight (...)
Lome, TOGO Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ; Declarations ; Human and trade union rights ; Solidarity Letters ; Occupational Health and Safety ;

ITUC AFRICA

TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY TOOL (TUOC-tool)

This guidance note presents the COS framework; it reviews the concrete steps that can be used (...)

TU DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS PROFILE TOOL

TUDEP is a learning tool meant to support trade unions worldwide in the application of the (...)

PAMPHLET ON THE SDGs

The pamphlet aims to introduce trade unionists to the 2030 Agenda and its overlap with the (...)