Globalisation




A decent job? DFID fails the TUC's Decent Work test

To mark the World Day for Decent Work, the TUC is releasing 'A decent job?': a report assessing the Department for International Development's (DFID) efforts to secure decent jobs for the world's poor. DFID scores just 25 out of 56 points based on cr...

7 October 2012
World Bank Jobs Report: detailed analysis

The International Trade Union Confederation has mostly welcomed the World Bank's 2013 World Development Report, launched on 1 October. Here, Peter Bakvis, at the Global Unions Washington office, has produced a more detailed initial analysis.

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2 October 2012
TUC briefing: EU-India free trade agreement

Launched in 2007, the ongoing negotiations for an EU-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) have thrown up a range of worrying issues for Indian and EU workers. This briefing note explains those concerns in more detail.

1 August 2012
Playfair 2012 at Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival (July 2012)

View the gallery of pictures taken at Tolpuddle as festival goers made a stand with the Playfair 2012 giant torch calling on the Olympic Movement to Light the flame for workers' rights, while others took to our Olympic podium - highlighting who the w...

19 July 2012
The TUC calls upon Government to support ITUC position at UNCTAD XIII.

In a letter to Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, the TUC has asked the UK Government to support the ITUC position at the forthcoming UNCTAD XIII in Doha, Qatar.

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16 April 2012
International Development Matters – Issue 108 April 2012

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

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2 April 2012



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