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International Trade Union Confederation   N°81 / February 2017     5th CSIT World Sports Games Riga, Latvia 13-18 June 2017   Follow Equal Times on Facebook NOW!   News   Bangladesh: Dozens of Workers Jailed for Striking The ITUC has condemned the imprisonment by the Bangladesh authorities of at least 26 garment workers, including several union representatives, for participating in strike action in favour of a living minimum wage. https://www.ituc-csi.org/bangladesh-dozens-of-workers   Brazil: Inter-American Court Decision a Victory in Fight Against Slavery The ITUC has welcomed a call from the ILO’s Brazil office for land redistribution to combat forced labour in the country. https://www.ituc-csi.org/brazil-inter-american-court   Kazakhstan: Repression of Independent Trade Unions The ITUC has written to the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to demand the release of imprisoned trade unionists and an end to repression of the ITUC-affiliated Confederation of Independent Trade Union of Kazakhstan KNPRK and its affiliates. https://www.ituc-csi.org/kazakhstan-repression-of   Equal Times: Harare’s informal workers refuse to be scapegoated for recent typhoid outbreak Street vendors in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare are defying a government ban on their activities following a recent outbreak of typhoid in the country. https://www.equaltimes.org/harare-s-informal-workers-refuse#.WKLUlX-Z5rM   Equal Times: Palm oil smallholders face the challenges of sustainable production Pak Dahlan, a small farmer from the Indonesian province of Riau, has spent five years preparing his three hectares of oil palms for certification as sustainable. https://www.equaltimes.org/palm-oil-smallholders-face-the#.WKLVcX-Z5rM

Quote   “Bangladesh has an appalling record of abuse and violations of fundamental workers’ rights and this latest round of repression against impoverished garment workers, who are simply asking for a wage that provides enough for them and their families to live on, is a disgrace.” - Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary -