Trades Union Congress - International Issues

HIV/AIDS is a global problem, undermining economic progress and development. It has a particularly devastating effect on working populations in many developing countries, particularly in Africa. Trade unions – alongside employers, governments and local communities – have a crucial role in fighting the pandemic.

The TUC is tackling HIV/AIDS in the following ways. We:

provide material support for training and education in the workplace on protection against HIV/AIDS (find out more about the TUC programmes in Africa)
fight to ensure that workers do not face stigma and discrimination because of their HIV/AIDS status
campaign to make HIV/AIDS treatments affordable and available to all
take part in development and co-ordination of trade union policies on HIV and AIDS.

The TUC, in collaboration with the ICFTU, Global Unions and NGOs campaigning on HIV/AIDS, promotes the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work. This is a practical guide to developing workplace policies, prevention and care programmes.

IDM - Monthly newsletter reporting international development matters and issues affecting trade unionists around the world. Including reports, statements, interviews and events.

To mark World AIDS Day, the TUC held a seminar on Monday 3 December bringing together Nigerian trade unionist Maureen Onyia and international trade union and AIDS campaign speakers to talk about what can be done to promote workplace solutions. TUC As...

TUC Assistant General Secretary Kay Carberry addressed the TUC World AIDS Day event on 3 December, about the role of unions and workplace action against HIV/AIDS.

Day 2 of the International AIDS Conference in Washington DC. The ITUC delegation to the Conference took time off to join a march organised by Robin Hood Tax campaigners in the US...

On Monday, representatives of sex workers made a passionate and well-argued case for the recognition of their employment and human rights in a lively session on the margins of the XIX International AIDS Conference now being held in Washington DC.

This week sees the 2012 International AIDS Conference in Washington DC, and the TUC is taking part in the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) delegation. Bandula Kothalawala, TUC delegate, reports on the opening trade union forum.

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Trades Union Congress: International Issues

HIV and AIDS