ITUC - Bulletin No 60

International Trade Union Confederation N°60 / April 2015 FIFA’s in crisis - We can save it NOW! Follow Equal Times on Facebook NOW! News ITUC Pledge on Toxics: “If you expose us, we’ll expose you” Occupational cancers kill at a rate of more than once a minute worldwide, according to a comprehensive review of the available evidence by the ITUC. http://www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-pledge-on-toxics-if-you Business Accountability FOR Development ITUC-TUDCN/EURODAD publication, supported by CPDE. http://www.ituc-csi.org/business-accountability-for-development?lang=en Rana Plaza: Compensation for Victims of Industrial Homicide Still Short of Target Two years after the deaths of more than 1,100 workers in the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, the compensation fund for their families and for the thousands injured is still US $6 million short of the $30 million target. http://www.ituc-csi.org/rana-plaza-compensation-for Nepal Earthquake: ITUC Calls for Huge International Effort Gulf States Must Allow Migrant Workers to Return Home. http://www.ituc-csi.org/nepal-earthquake-ituc-calls-for ITUC urges Guatemala to keep UN Commission Against Impunity The ITUC and its regional organisation in the Americas, TUCA, have urged the president of Guatemala to extend the mandate of the UN International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). http://www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-urges-guatemala-to-keep-un

Quote “Even conservative estimates put the annual occupational cancer toll at 660,000 deaths a year. A poisonous cocktail of toxic marketing and regulatory failure has already condemned another generation to an early grave.” - Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary -

Upcoming events 6-7 Mai 2015 - Brussels, Belgium 9th ITUC Women's Committee Meeting 1-7 June 2015 - Worlwide Global week of action for climate justice 9-12 October 2015 - Sao Paulo, Brasil 15th Meeting of the ITUC General Council Go to calendar Info for Affiliates > See all info for affiliates > Login needed Publications and statements ITUC Health and Safety e-news #2 http://www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-health-and-safety-e-news-2 Trade Union Focus on Development - Issue 46 http://www.ituc-csi.org/tudcn-newsletter-april-2015?lang=en FOLLOW US ON TWITTER | FIND US ON FACEBOOK Was this newsletter forwarded to you? You can subscribe here.