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18/04/2020

COVID-19: ITUC-Africa letter to the AU Chairperson

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....
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23/04/2021

WORKERS MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION 2021 (28th April, 2021) under the theme “Save Lives At Work”

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 (...)
Lome, TOGO Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ; Declarations ; Human and trade union rights ; Solidarity Letters ; Occupational Health and Safety ;
07/04/2021

African workers’ support for COVAX and call for more support to Africa

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.
7 April 2021 Lome, TOGO Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ; Climate Change And Environment ; Human and trade union rights ; Solidarity Letters ; Occupational Health and Safety ;
08/03/2021

ITUC-Africa Statement on the occasion of the International Women’s day 2021: A New Social Contract for a gender-equitable post-COVID-19 recovery and resilience

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 (...)
Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ; Declarations ; Gender Equality ;
18/12/2020

2020 International Migrants’ Day: COVID-19 and racism as drivers of discrimination and exclusion against migrants and minorities – A time to challenge our humanity

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 (...)
Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ; Declarations ; Human and trade union rights ;
25/11/2020

ITUC-Africa calls on the Government of India to respect human and trade union rights

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.
Keywords : THE TRADE UNION BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 ; Human and trade union rights ; Protest letters ; Extending Social Protection ;

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TRADE UNION ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY TOOL (TUOC-tool)

This guidance note presents the COS framework; it reviews the concrete steps that can be used (...)

TU DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS PROFILE TOOL

TUDEP is a learning tool meant to support trade unions worldwide in the application of the (...)

PAMPHLET ON THE SDGs

The pamphlet aims to introduce trade unionists to the 2030 Agenda and its overlap with the (...)