ICFTU urges WTO to take stand against global clothing & textile jobs-losses
24 Jun '05
4 min read
The SAP focusing on migrant workers will shine the international trade union movement spotlight on one of the most exploited sections of the labor market and will promote the provision of trade union support and services to them.
In the course of the two-day meeting, the Board condemned the proposed plans by the Australian Government to remove basic protection from workers and violate trade union rights and pledged to mobilize the support of the entire international trade union movement behind Australian trade unions in what is shaping up to be a lengthy and historic struggle.
The Board also condemned the management of a Pepsico stock-food plant in Grodzisk Mazowiecki (near Warsaw, Poland) for their blatant refusal to investigate the sexual harassment of women workers by supervisory staff and their subsequent forced resignation and dismissal of the victims.
In a resolution on Fiji, the Board expressed its alarm at the proposed Reconciliation, Tolerance and Unity Bill, which the Government is trying to push through Parliament without any genuine consultation. The Bill would retrospectively legalise criminal activity, including treason, involved in the 2000 coup d'état, and undermines the role of the judiciary, amongst many other grave threats to civil liberties it contains.
The ICFTU General Secretary has written on behalf of the Board to the Fijian Prime Minister urging the withdrawal of the bill, inviting ICFTU affiliates arounhe withdrawal of the bill, inviting ICFTU affiliates around the world as well as Global Union Federations to take similar action.
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