18 September, 2023The World Day for Decent Work, organized on October 7 every year since 2008 by the ITUC this year inspired 706 actions in 97 countries in the world.
18 September, 2023Billed as a lead up to World Day for Decent Work, the Canadian Auto Workers union recently hosted two "Good Jobs Bad Jobs" round tables with visiting union delegations from Denmark and South Africa.
18 September, 2023Unions should more actively organize young non-manual workers and students, and use social media as a powerful tool to connect youth and union leaders.
18 September, 2023The strike in the Finnish metal sector ended October 25 when the Metalworkers' Union and the salaried employees' union Pro approved the conciliation proposal of the State conciliator. YTN has not yet renewed its agreement. A strike of professional and managerial staff still threatens in the metal industry.
18 September, 2023In a statement the on October 17 the Global Unions urge the government of Bahrain to respect fundamental human and trade union rights, and demand that workers wrongfully dismissed are unconditionally reinstated, criminal charges dropped and legal reforms repealed.
18 September, 2023More than ten thousand workers gathered on October 7 in the busy streets of Bangkok to demand workers' rights and decent work.
18 September, 2023In a statement to the G20 leaders meeting in Cannes on November 3-4 the Global Unions assert that good jobs are the only successful recipe for recovery and sustainable growth, that employment creation must be placed at the centre of macro-economic policies and fiscal policy adjusted to support growth and employment creation.
18 September, 2023By a 61% vote on October15, members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1005 in Hamilton, Ontario, ended U.S. Steel's chokehold on the livelihoods of 900 Canadian workers. Union members accepted a three-year labour agreement that ended a 49-week lockout at the steel mill.
18 September, 2023Members of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) began strike action on 10 October at a Honeywell nuclear parts manufacturing facility in Kansas City, Missouri. The 850 members of IAM Lodge 778 begin their third week today on picket lines at a US government-owned site following a 79% contract rejection on 9 October.
18 September, 2023On October 3 the lower house of the Belarus parliament adopted in the two readings the bill 'On Making Addenda and Amendments to Some Laws of the Republic of Belarus'. This bill, among other things, makes foreign financial support and financial aid to NGOs (including unions) completely illegal and further complicates arranging of mass protests and actions.
