NLC: THE NEED FOR WORKERS TO TAKE THE COVID-19 VACCINATION

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought some of the biggest strains, stress and squeeze to the workplace. Thousands of workers died. Many of the dead from the global workforce were frontline workers. As at the third week of October 2021, more than 180,000 health workers world over had lost their (...)

Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ; Declarations ; Nigeria ; Occupational Health and Safety ;

WDDW 2021: Putting decent work at the heart of Africa’s social and economic development policies

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) strongly affirms that decent work sums up the aspirations of people in their working lives. It involves opportunities for work that is productive and delivers a fair income, (...)

Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ; Climate Change And Environment ; Declarations ; Human and trade union rights ; Gender Equality ; Extending Social Protection ; Occupational Health and Safety ; Organising And Workers Empowerment - Trade Union Unity ; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment ;

ITUC-Africa condemns abusive culture in Saudi Arabia, demands a probe into “suspicious” deaths of Kenyan workers.

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) is shocked to learn that 89 Kenyan migrant (the majority being domestic) workers in Saudi Arabia have died over the past two years under “suspicious” circumstances. The staggering (...)

Keywords : Declarations ; Human and trade union rights ; Occupational Health and Safety ; Youth Work - Organising And Workers Empowerment ; Kenya ; Migration ;

ITUC welcomes WHO independent panel report

The ITUC welcomes the far-reaching and essential recommendations of the Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR), chaired by Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Immediate and longer-term action is needed by revitalised multilateral institutions.

Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ; Technical document ; Occupational Health and Safety ;

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 ;