Announcements
Within this section you will find labour related press releases, statements and other announcements.
AIDS campaign launched at UNEP Governing Council meeting in Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya, Friday 9 February 2007 - Unions Press Environment Ministers for G8 Action on AIDS
ICEM Mission to UN to Press for Security Council Recognition of 28 April as Official Day
With 19 countries now recognising 28 April as the official International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers, attention is now squarely on the United Nations General Assembly to also recognise the day.
12th International Commemoration Day (ICD) For Dead and Injured Workers
ITUC - February, 2007: The General Secretary Guy Ryder of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has issued a request for trade unions throughout the world to prepare for the 12th International Commemoration Day (ICD) For Dead and Injured Workers on 28 April, 2007. Thematically, the 28 April ceremonies or events throughout the world should be made to reflect the overall orientation of the day, which normally begins by commemorating workers who have fallen ill, been injured or were killed over the last year and ends with a message of hope for life and the living.
A successful G8 campaign for monitoring & reporting of HIV/AIDS
Read the open letter from Alan Leather, Chair of the Global Unions HIV/AIDS Programme, Global Union Federations and ITUC (International Trade Union Conference)
ILO, IRU and ITF join forces against AIDS
Three world organisations will unveil the results of their alliance to fight HIV/Aids tomorrow, Dec 1st, World Aids Day. United Nations agency the ILO (International Labour Organization), world transport operators' organisation the IRU (International Road Transport Union), and global union federation the ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) will announce that they are producing a new multimedia 'toolkit' for battling the spread of the disease among lorry drivers worldwide, one of the sectors most affected by the virus.
ICEM Pledges Commitment to Fight HIV/AIDS Pandemic
To commemorate World AIDS Day, the newly-elected leaders of the ICEM showed their leadership by signing a pledge to reaffirm ICEM's commitment to fight AIDS in the workplace. The pledge was signed by all 840 trade union leaders who attended ICEM's 4th World Congress in Bangkok just prior to World AIDS Day. To read more about this pledge, please see below.
