International Issues




May Day sees assault on Turkish workers

Turkish workers in Istanbul have once more been met by brutal state oppression when they have tried to celebrate May Day peacefully and to remember 42 workers who lost their lives in the celebrations of 1977. The TUC has written to the Turkish Ambass...

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2 May 2013
TUC condemns arrests of trade unionists on May Day in Swaziland.

TUC condemns arrests of trade unionists on May Day in Swaziland.

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2 May 2013
Release Mahdi - Repression in Bahrain

In spring 2011, Mahdi Issa Abu Dheed, the President of the Bahrain Teachers Association called for a teachers strike in support of the democratic movement for reform.

1 May 2013
TUC urges Government to support trade union position on the EU post-2015 development agenda set out in the EU Communication – Decent Life for All

TUC urges Government to support trade union position on the EU post-2015 development agenda set out in the EU Communication - Decent Life for All

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26 April 2013
Bangladesh factory collapse the result of appalling working conditions, says TUC

Commenting on the collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory in Bangladesh, which has claimed the lives of over 200 workers, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady today (Thursday) said:

25 April 2013
TUC protest at multiple death threats in Colombia

The TUC General Secretary has written to the Colombian President to call for action against the authors of death threats sent to 92 organisations, union, political and social leaders. She also calls for protection for individuals to be increased.

19 April 2013



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