International Issues




TUC evidence to DFID on EU-UK competences in development cooperation and humanitarian assistance

In general, our view is that the UK gains enormously from involvement in EU development cooperation and humanitarian assistance, as the EU provides the UK with the opportunity to synergise and scale up its activities. We believe that if these powers ...

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26 February 2013
Unions call on Governments to act on Fiji

The leaders of the Australian, British, New Zealand and US trade union movements have written to the foreign ministers of their governments about democracy in Fiji. Frances O'Grady has joined ACTU President Ged Kearney, NZCTU Secretary Peter Conway a...

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26 February 2013
TUC protest re latest attack in Colombia

The TUC General Secretary has written to the Colombian ambassador to protest about the recent assassination attempt against the President of the CTC, one of Colombia's main trade union federations. The attack marks a worrying deterioration in the alr...

26 February 2013
South Korea needs to end labour rights abuses

The TUC is joining unions from across the globe in calling on South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye to address a range of serious and ongoing labour rights concerns when she takes office on 25 February 2013.

22 February 2013
International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill

On Friday 1 March 2013, the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Bill is listed again for its Second Reading in the House of the Commons. The TUC urges MPs to attend for the debate and vote in favour of the Second Readi...

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21 February 2013
Government must give time to get overseas aid commitment enshrined in law

TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady has written today to the International Development Secretary, Justine Greening MP, urging her to provide parliamentary time for the Mark Hendricks Bill legislating for 0.7% of Gross National Income to be spent on...

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19 February 2013



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