Given the enormity of the catastrophe that could befall Africa should the continent experience a full-scale outbreak of the epidemic, we deem it necessary to address the African Union on a number of urgent issues....
International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) or International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured, brings together workers and their representatives from all over the world to remember the dead, workers injured, made unwell or disabled by their work. Workers’ Memorial Day also marks the fight (...)
We commend and appreciate the WHO’s efforts in leading the charge against this global health crisis. Importantly, we salute the WHO for engineering the partnership initiative that brought about the “Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator programme.
As the world celebrates today, International Women’s Day, the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (www.ituc-africa.org) would like to congratulate the millions of women and activists that have continued to make vital efforts and sacrifices for a better (...)
The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) joins Africans and the rest of the world to commemorate the 2020 International Migrants’ Day. The theme for this year commemoration is “We live together”, which is premised on the (...)
Many states in India are using the coronavirus crisis as an excuse to suspend labour laws and attack workers’ rights. Extensive amendments have been proposed by the central and local governments to lower labour standards.