ITUC Newsletter 70, Suply Chain, Davos.. Latest News from the ITUC
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N°70 / January 2016
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New ITUC report exposes hidden workforce of 116 million in global supply chains of fifty companies
The global supply chains of 50 companies employ only six per cent of people in a direct employment relationship, yet rely on a hidden workforce of 94 per cent according to new research from the International Trade Union Confederation.
http://www.ituc-csi.org/new-ituc-report-exposes-hidden
Equal Times: Will Park Geun-hye continue the attack on workers in 2016?
by Sung Ilkwon.
http://www.equaltimes.org/will-park-geun-hye-continue-the?lang=en#.Vqi-IFmZ5S4
In addition to the statement by the labour leaders delegation, the ITUC joined an alliance of civil society groups to add our joint voice to the narrative on inequality.
http://www.ituc-csi.org/in-davos-the-gathering-of
Turkey: Workers Killed and Arbitrary Detained by Turkish Security Forces
The ITUC has strongly condemned the killing of workers and citizens by Turkish security forces.
http://www.ituc-csi.org/turkey-workers-killed-and
Equal Times: ILO edges towards anti-workplace violence convention
Jodi Evans, the Assistant Coordinator for Women Transport Workers at the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), has heard many horror stories of violence against women workers from across the globe.
http://www.equaltimes.org/ilo-edges-towards-anti-violence?lang=en#.VqYfjVmZ5S4
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“When global business won’t pay the moderate demands of workers for a minimum wage on which they can live with dignity, $177 in Phnom Penh, $250 in Jakarta, $345 in Manila – then this is knowingly condemning workers and their families to live in poverty. It’s greed pure and simple.”
- Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary -
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Publications and statements
Frontlines Report 2016 - Scandal - Inside the global supply chains of 50 top companies
http://www.ituc-csi.org/frontlines-report-2016-scandal?lang=en
Trade Union Focus on Development - Issue 53 (December 2015)
http://www.ituc-csi.org/TUDCN-newsletter-December-2015
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