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Collective Voices
Podcast · International Trade Union Confederation - ITUC · The Collective Voices podcast from the International Trade Union Confederation puts workers centre stage. These are the voices of a global movement - real people, real struggles, real victories. Discover how trade unions worldwide are transforming workplaces from the ground up.
World Economic Forum 2026: A billionaire elite is pushing democracy to the brink - International Trade Union Confederation
World Economic Forum 2026: A billionaire elite is pushing democracy to the brink - International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC welcomes Oxfam's call for radical, immediate change to stop and reverse the rapid erosion of democratic institutions driven by an accelerating accumulation of wealth and power by a small group of billionaires. In a new report, Resisting the Rule of the Rich, Oxfam claims that an ultra-rich elite is using an extreme concentration of wealth to capture democratic systems by shaping laws, media, technology, taxation and public policy in their favour. “This report confirms what the (…)
Free Lee Cheuk-yan
Free Lee Cheuk-yan
Free Lee Cheuk-yan is an international campaign led by the global trade union movement, calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Lee Cheuk-yan, a lifelong champion of workers' rights and democracy in Hong Kong. Lee, the former General Secretary of the now-dissolved Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), has been imprisoned since 2021, facing ongoing prosecution under the Law of the People's Republic of China to Safeguard National Security in Hong Kong (NSL) for (…)
Iran: ITUC condemns brutal repression of workers and trade unionists amid escalating crisis - International Trade Union Confederation
Iran: ITUC condemns brutal repression of workers and trade unionists amid escalating crisis - International Trade Union Confederation
The ITUC strongly condemns the violent repression of workers, trade unionists and social movements in Iran, as protests and strikes have spread nationwide since late 2025 in response to a deepening economic and social crisis. Iran's economic collapse is having a devastating impact on the daily lives of working people, particularly women and children. Millions are being pushed into poverty by the rapid currency depreciation, accelerating inflation, soaring prices for food and essential (…)
Ending digital violence in the world of work: 16 days of activism against gender-based violence
Ending digital violence in the world of work: 16 days of activism against gender-based violence
This year for 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the ITUC is backing the United Nations' UNiTE campaign to end digital violence against all women and girls. New and evolving forms of violence, which occur through digital technologies, are a critical dimension of gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) in the world of work. Tackling it is essential to ensuring that every worker can enjoy safety, dignity and equality in both physical and digital work spaces. Digital (…)
ITUC Demands for COP30
ITUC Demands for COP30
Workers and unions demand urgent action to ensure a just transition, warning that unfulfilled promises on green jobs and inadequate investment are fuelling polarisation and weakening climate policies.
Corporate Underminers of Democracy 2025 - International Trade Union Confederation
Corporate Underminers of Democracy 2025 - International Trade Union Confederation
The report Corporate Underminers of Democracy presents an annual selection of emblematic companies that violate trade union and human rights, consolidate industry power, evade taxes and social responsibility, subvert popular will and policy through intensive lobbying, exacerbate climate catastrophe and, critically, actively invest a portion of the profits they extract from workers in far-right political forces. Discover the seven Corporate Underminers of Democracy that stand out in 2025 (…)
A Global Call to Action: For Democracy that Delivers Peace and Prosperity for All
A Global Call to Action: For Democracy that Delivers Peace and Prosperity for All
For Democracy that Delivers Peace and Prosperity for All As we approach the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we, the undersigned organisations, call on governments and international institutions to reaffirm their commitment to a world free from nuclear weapons, honouring the demand of the hibakusha and 2024 Nobel Peace laureate Nihon Hidankyo, and to prioritize sustainable development over militarism. As organisations from the peace, labour, economic (…)
Timefor8 - International Trade Union Confederation
Timefor8 - International Trade Union Confederation
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Time to deliver rights for ALL platform workers
Time to deliver rights for ALL platform workers
Millions of people worldwide now depend on digital platforms for their income. From food delivery couriers to ride hailing drivers and data enrichment workers, technological innovation has opened new opportunities for workers and consumers. However, it has also created a system where workers are often denied their basic rights and protections. Many platform companies argue that they merely provide useful technology that connects independent contractors with customers. In reality, they (…)
The greatest threat to democracy in 80 years: Stop the billionaire coup
The greatest threat to democracy in 80 years: Stop the billionaire coup
Eight decades after working people helped defeat fascism in 1945, democracy once again faces an existential threat, warns ITUC General Secretary Luc Triangle. What came next was just as important. Workers and their trade unions shaped a new world order based on democracy, human and trade union rights, and justice. But now, in 2025, once again we are called upon to defend democracy against an existential threat. This time, it comes from a number of internationally-networked, far-right (…)
International Day for Care and Support: Care is a human right
International Day for Care and Support: Care is a human right
The ITUC is marking the International Day for Care and Support, 29 October, with a renewed call for governments to turn historic international commitments into real, concrete action that recognises care as a human right and a pillar of decent work. This year's commemoration follows two major global milestones for the care agenda. In June, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued a groundbreaking Advisory Opinion affirming that care constitutes an autonomous human right. This marks a (…)
ITUC statement on the 2025 WSSD Political Declaration
ITUC statement on the 2025 WSSD Political Declaration
The Second World Summit for Social Development, taking place in Doha 30 years after the landmark 1995 World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen, convenes governments, international organizations, civil society and the private sector to strengthen international cooperation for inclusive social development. The Doha Political Declaration, adopted during the Summit, opens with a strong recommitment to the 1995 Copenhagen Declaration and the 2030 Agenda. The Declaration highlights (…)
World Day for Decent Work 2025
World Day for Decent Work 2025
This 7 October, the World Day for Decent Work, trade unions across the world are demanding democracy that delivers decent work, and urgent action to stop the corporate capture of public policy. Working people demand action to advance the New Social Contract for peace, justice and equality. At the World Social Summit in 2025, governments must finally commit to tackling the root causes of rising inequality, conflict and social fragmentation. At the heart of the ITUC's demands is a (…)
May Day 2025: Take back democracy from the billionaire coup
May Day 2025: Take back democracy from the billionaire coup
This May Day 2025, the global trade union movement is taking this message to the streets: There is an alternative to the billionaire vision of the world. As inequality deepens and democracy is undermined by a tiny elite, working people are rising up with a bold, hopeful plan for a just future – a vision built on solidarity, dignity and democracy that delivers. On May 1, trade unions will mobilise to take their demands to their governments. One week later, the ITUC will elevate these (…)
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