ITUC - July Bulletin

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International Trade Union Confederation N°64 / July 2015 Don’t let corporations hijack another trade deal! Send a message to your Trade Minister Follow Equal Times on Facebook NOW! News Korea: Supreme Court Affirms Right to Unionise for Undocumented Migrants In a landmark decision, Korea’s Supreme Court has now ruled that undocumented migrant workers have the right to unionise, eight years after the migrant workers’ trade union MTU first launched its legal actiong in Nigeria. http://www.ituc-csi.org/korea-supreme-court-affirms-right Barcelona Football Club: ITUC Appeals to Voting Members and Fans to Reject Qatar Airways Deal The ITUC has called on FC Barcelona “socis” (voting members) and fans to end the club’s Qatar Airways sponsorship, saying that the airline is the very worst sponsor for a club with a 100-year tradition of democracy and universality. http://www.ituc-csi.org/barcelona-football-club-ituc Swaziland: International Pressure Brings Early Release of Political Prisoners Swazi human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and journalist Bheki Makhubu are being released from prison in Swaziland two weeks before the end of their sentences for criticising the lack of independence of the judiciary, following sustained international pressure. http://www.ituc-csi.org/swaziland-international-pressure The unstoppable domestic workers’ movement: winning labour rights and protections for 15 million domestic workers In the past few years a political and moral shift has occurred among growing numbers of political leaders which has secured rights and protections for 15 million domestic workers today. Their lives have improved by shifting away from unprotected and exploitative jobs to ones protected by labour laws. http://www.ituc-csi.org/the-unstoppable-domestic-workers Equal Times: UK: 250,000 march to “End Austerity Now”...the Tories respond with more cuts Despite some 250,000 people taking to the streets of London last weekend for the first major national mobilisation against the austerity agenda of the Conservative government, Chancellor George Osborne has just announced plans to slash the welfare budget by £12 billion (approximately €16.7 billion). http://www.equaltimes.org/uk-250-000-march-to-end-austerity#.VZFFNEbdX-U Quote “Pope Francis emphasises what the labour movement knows from experience: ‘that in the absence of pressure from citizens, political authorities will always be reluctant to intervene’.” - Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary - Upcoming events 29 September/2 October 2015 - Paris, France 13th ETUC Congress 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 Trade Union Focus on Development - Issue 48 (June 2015) http://www.ituc-csi.org/TUDCN-newsletter-June-2015 Equal Times: On Domestic Workers Day, millions of Indian women continue to work in the shadows http://www.equaltimes.org/on-domestic-worker-day-millions-of#.VZFHfEbdX-U FOLLOW US ON TWITTER | FIND US ON FACEBOOK