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URGENT ACTION: tell Bahrain to free Mahdi!

Mahdi Abu Dheeb, the President of the Bahraini Teachers' Association (BTA), has now spent more than a year behind bars for doing nothing more than leading his trade union. Please support his union's petition calling on UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moo...

17 May 2012
TUC Aid Project mobilizes support for the ILO Recommendation on HIV in Nigeria.

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is mobilizing support for the implementation of the ILO Recommendation on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work adopted by the International Labour Conference in June 2010.

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15 May 2012
URGENT ACTION: Drop the charges against Egyptian labour leader Kamal Abbas

The Egyptian authorities have just sentenced Kamal Abbas, the highly-respected labour leader to six months in prison for 'insulting a public officer'. Please sign the LabourStart appeal demanding the Egyptian authorities drop the sentence.

2 March 2012
International Development Matters - Issue 107 March 2012

IDM - Monthly newsletter reporting international development matters and issues affecting trade unionists around the world.

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1 March 2012
“The Arab Spring is a courageous stand for freedom and decent work”

One year after the Egyptian revolution toppled Mubarak, Diana Holland, Unite Assistant General Secretary addressed Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa "demonstration for a human rights revolution" in Trafalgar Square, on 11 February ...

24 February 2012
HIV/AIDS - Union involvement boosts VCT in Nigeria

Voluntary Counseling Confidential Testing (VCCT) organized under the NLC-TUC workplace initiative has proved popular among workers in the Federal Capital Territory in Nigeria where HIV prevalence is considered to be third highest in the country.

3 February 2012



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