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ICFTU says environment to be key issue for trade unions in 2006
17 Jan '06
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to become prominent stakeholders in this struggle.
"This structured relation between UNEP and the trade unions brings us to the front line of the struggle for sustainable development", stated WCL Secretary General Willy Thys, adding that "there is a collective responsibility of the international institutions, the IMF, the World Bank and the trade union movement".
"The results of the meeting will depend on the will of trade unions to make the environment a priority in their plans of action", stated ICFTU Secretary General Guy Ryder. "It is essential to create an international partnership between the International Labour Organisation (ILO), UNEP, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the international trade union movement", he went on to say.
The new international trade union organisation which will be created this year on the basis of the member organisations of ICFTU and WCL and of other democratic and independent trade union organisations, is expected to give priority consideration to environmental issues.
National trade union The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) was set up in 1949 and has 236 affiliated organisations in 154 countries and territories on all five continents, with a membership of 155 million, 40% of who are women.
"This structured relation between UNEP and the trade unions brings us to the front line of the struggle for sustainable development", stated WCL Secretary General Willy Thys, adding that "there is a collective responsibility of the international institutions, the IMF, the World Bank and the trade union movement".
"The results of the meeting will depend on the will of trade unions to make the environment a priority in their plans of action", stated ICFTU Secretary General Guy Ryder. "It is essential to create an international partnership between the International Labour Organisation (ILO), UNEP, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the international trade union movement", he went on to say.
The new international trade union organisation which will be created this year on the basis of the member organisations of ICFTU and WCL and of other democratic and independent trade union organisations, is expected to give priority consideration to environmental issues.
National trade union The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) was set up in 1949 and has 236 affiliated organisations in 154 countries and territories on all five continents, with a membership of 155 million, 40% of who are women.
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