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Labour Standards
The core labour standards have been defined by the ILO as the basic working conditions which all workers are entitled to. Work should be free from discrimination; basic rights of collective bargaining should be respected; nobody should be forced to work; and no child should work.
Labour standards lie at the heart of tackling poverty and the TUC supports the ILO in its campaign to make labour standards universal.
Find out more about the ILO's labour standards
Getting
to the Core is a new pamphlet produced by the TUC. It is designed
to be a clear and brief introduction to the international trade union movements
demands for the universal implementation of the United Nations International
Labour Organisation's - Core Labour Standard. You can read the pamphlet online
at http://www.tuc.org.uk/gettingtothecore
The most recent documents available on this subject are:
Doubling the wages of a Bangladeshi textile worker would add just 2p to the cost of a t-shirt, says TUC
As the death toll in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh two weeks ago tops 900, the TUC has today (Friday) published figures which suggest that the reason costs are cut and wages are low in the Bangladesh textile industry ha...
10 May 2013
Unions cry foul on Fiji's fake democracy process
Unions from Australia, New Zealand and the UK have today written to their Foreign Ministers urging them not to be taken in by the Fijian military dictatorship over its claims to be restoring democracy. And the Foreign Ministers have been urged to set...
PDF version available for download3 May 2013
International Development Matters Issue 121 May 2013
IDM - Monthly newsletter reporting international development matters and issues affecting trade unionists around the world. Including reports, statements, interviews and events.
PDF version available for download2 May 2013
TUC condemns arrests of trade unionists on May Day in Swaziland.
TUC condemns arrests of trade unionists on May Day in Swaziland.
PDF version available for download2 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
PDF version available for download26 April 2013
Responsible investment in Burma
TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady has written to Foreign Secretary William Hague ahead of the G8 Foreign Ministers' meeting that he is hosting in London next week. Her letter urges him to use the meeting's discussion of Burma to secure internatio...
PDF version available for download2 April 2013
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