Brazil União Geral dos Trabalhadores (UGT) international newsletter, World UGT - UGT Global 142/2014)

National Commitment to Decent Work - It is related to a tool that will guide the government actions towards job creation and implementation of decent work, searching for the respect of labour rules and agreements, and the promotion of security, health, labour inclusion and qualification of workers. Trade Union BRICS wants to participate in decisions - Trade union officers from countries that are members of BRICS participated in a meeting parallel to the official meetings. No to the World Cup in Qatar - A report from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) describes the fact that workers of the Soccer World Cup 2022 Qatar were found sleeping in precarious conditions. In defense of the right to strike - On July 01, Spanish trade union centrals made a protest in defense of the right to strike and of unionism. There are nearly 300 workers on strike that are threatened by juridical lawsuits and threatened of going to jail for their trade union activities. UGT's state branch of Sao Paulo grows - UGT becomes the largest trade union central of Presidente Prudente and surrounding area in terms of affiliated trade unions, these unions already place the logo of UGT in its administrative head offices. Walmart pays compensation for prohibiting date - Walmart, largest retail network of the world, was judged and is obliged to pay a R$ 30 thousand compensation for moral damages to an employee who was fired for dating a coworker. Brazil leads reduction of carbon emission - A recent study showed that the efforts of Brazil to contain the destruction of the forest resulted in a major success in the reduction of carbon emission all over Brazil. The reduction was equal to the removal of approximately all cars in the United States for three years.   Marcos Afonso Oliveira UGT Publicizing and Communications Secretary comunicacao@ugt.org.br  www.ugt.org.br