HLPF 2023: Access to water and sanitation is a human right
“Our vision as sanitation workers is based on the consideration of access to clean water and sanitation as an essential…
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HLPF 2023: Sustainable cities need workers to take care of them
“Social dialogue enables workers to participate in just transition plans of their cities that are good for people and the…
HLPF 2023: The clock is ticking for a new social contract based on SDG 8 and social dialogue
“Workers are the backbone of global efforts to save the planet.” Akiko Gono, ITUC.
HLPF 2023: We need a global shift towards renewable energy
“The shift toward renewable energy must take place through a clear and inclusive just transition.” Zingiswa Losi, COSATU South Africa.
Ten years of workers’ rights under attack: 2023 ITUC Global Rights Index
The 10th edition of the authoritative Global Rights Index shows that the global cost-of-living crisis has been met with a…
New Independent Reporting Reveals Ongoing Systematic Forced Labor and Corruption in Turkmenistan Cotton Harvest
ILO to Review Turkmenistan for Compliance with International Law Prohibiting Forced Labor
UNCONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS OF THE LAW ON NGOS SHOULD BE ABOLISHED.
On 17 May 2023, at 9:30 a.m., a session of the Constitutional Court of the KR will be held, at…
Kazakhstan: stop corrupt practices in oil and gas region, respect workers and their unions
The ITUC demands that the government of Kazakhstan immediately implements ILO recommendations, restores the status of the Trade Union of…
Belarus: Trade union activity is not extremism!
The campaign “Trade Union Activity – Not Extremism!” was launched to draw international attention to the situation of workers’ rights…
UZBEK COTTON HARVEST 2022: NO SYSTEMATIC FORCED LABOR OF PICKERS BUT GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF THE COTTON SECTOR PUTS FARMERS AND WORKERS AT RISK
During the 2022 cotton harvest, Uzbek Forum monitors found no evidence of systematic, government-imposed forced labor for the second consecutive…