INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION Trade Unions in more than 100 Countries to mobilise to transform the world economy, on October 7, World Day for Decent Work Brussels, 06 October 2008 (ITUC OnLine): Trade unions in more than 100 countries, from Fiji across the globe to Alaska, are mobilising today to demand change in the world economy, as the financial crisis threatens the livelihoods (...)

Juan Somavia
The World Day for Decent Work is coming closer – by the minute! There are at the time writing this, more than 350 events in more than 100 countries by more than 200 ITUC affiliates and other cooperating organisations – we look forward seeing all these events taking place! As you know by know, the main information hub is our web site: http://www.wddw.org. On October 7 itself we will be making (...)
OCTOBER 7: WORLD DAY FOR DECENT WORK Dear Friends, The World Day for Decent Work on October 7 is a unique and unprecedented opportunity for the international trade union movement to mobilize in a truly global way to advance our agenda. Fulfilling the key decision of the ITUC Founding Congress to organize this Day will be a major test of the capacity and commitment of the trade union (...)
The Decent Work, Decent Life Campaign in the European Parliament On Wednesday, 3rd September, campaigners from Solidar and ITUC took action to collect signatures of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). They managed to collect 180 signatures, 111 of which were from MEPs. Among key people who signed was the head of the British PES (Party of European Socialists) delegation, Mr. Titley; (...)
Trade unions will press the case for Decent Work as a primary benchmark in development aid at a major international conference on the effectiveness of aid, being held in Accra, Ghana from 2 – 4 September. This High Level Forum takes place at a time when even the modest gains of recent years in tackling world poverty stand to be wiped out due to escalating prices of food and other commodities, (...)
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