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Apr 26 2011 9:46AM
Protest at human rights abuses in Swaziland: the King is coming to the wedding

King Mswati III of Swaziland is the last feudal monarch of an African country, and he presides over a country with the highest rates of HIV/AIDS in the world, where 80% of the population live in absolute poverty and political...

Apr 1 2011 2:07PM
Protest at violence in Zimbabwe - 18 April

The TUC is supporting a lunchtime vigil on Monday 18 April – the 31st anniversary of Zimbabwe's independence – to protest about the rising level of violence in that country. The vigil will take place outside the Zimbabwean Embassy on...

Mar 25 2011 1:17AM
Come to the rally in solidarity with US workers and unions

Amnesty International UK Director Kate Allen will be speaking to a TUC Solidarity Rally with the workers of Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and a dozen other states where right-wing corporate politicians are trying to take away their...

Mar 19 2011 10:35PM
Yemeni killings must stop

TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has called on the Yemeni authorities to stop the bloodshed immediately and develop a genuine national dialogue to respond to the legitimate demands of the people for democracy and equity. The TUC...

Mar 15 2011 11:48PM
Bahrain under martial law as unions call General Strike

The TUC has joined unions around the world in protesting against martial law and violent repression of peaceful protests in Bahrain. TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has written to Bahrain's Ambassador. The trade union movement in...

Mar 6 2011 10:38PM
Human rights under attack in Wisconsin, USA

The Republican Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, is attempting to take away one of the fundamental human rights (as recognised by the UN and the International Labour Organisation) of his own workforce: the right to bargain...

Feb 17 2011 2:37PM
Bahrain: trade unions call for right to peaceful protest

The International Trade Union Confederation has demanded that the Bahraini authorities immediately cease their violent repression of peaceful demonstrations, and start talks with the trade union movement and other civil society groups...

Jan 30 2011 6:48PM
Tunisia: unions call for human rights and economic reform

Many western media reports haven't covered the leading role of the UGTT, Tunisia's trade union movement – despite the fact that at one stage, they provided three Ministers in the first post-revolutionary government, and their...

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