International Campaigns & Issues 2007
As the peak union body for Australia, the ACTU participates in a range of international forums on behalf of unions and Australian workers, including the International Labour Organisation and the International Trade Union Confederation.
Australian unions are also active players in the global union movement, joining international campaigns and solidarity actions on a regular basis.
In this section, you will find statements by the ACTU on international issues, details of current international campaigns, and news from around the world.
Recent International Campaigns & Issues
Key decision-makers commit to Call to Action for Decent Work, Decent Life
November 8, 2007
Brussels, 5 November 2007 (ITUC Online): Key decision makers from national governments and international institutions…
BURMA: Dateline Burma: Human Rights and New Media
October 31, 2007
The images and stories from the recent Burmese uprising for democracy have shown us the…
Burma: The Untold Story – an eye witness accounts from people involved inthe peace walks and demonstrations, August-September 2007
October 24, 2007
The International Trade Unions Confederation (ITUC) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) decided…
International Solidarity Forum, Melbourne October 07 publicity
August 24, 2007
Australia Asia Worker Links presents: October 11-14 Melbourne Latin America & Asia Pacific Trades Hall…
Australian unions call for release of kidnapped and detained Iranian union leader
August 9, 2007
Australian unions are joining an international day of action today to draw attention to the…
Iran Day of Action – Thursday 9 August
August 3, 2007
Mansour Osanloo of the Tehran and Suburbs Workers’ Bus Company, Sherkate Vahed, was abducted on…
APHEDA DINNER 2007
July 10, 2007
color=”#3366ff” size=”4″>Melbourne Gala Dinner 3rd Annual APHEDA Dinner Tuesday 17th July 2007 – 6.30 for…
Support the UN: Western Sahara journalist asks Australia
June 6, 2007
Press Release Date: 4 June 2007 Malainin Lakhal, Secretary General of the Saharawi Writers and…
ITUC May Day Manifesto
April 26, 2007
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC) ITUC OnLine… 075/240407 ITUC May Day Manifesto Brussels, April 24…
Spring Meetings: IMF and World Bank Need to Step Up on Labour Rights and Inequality
March 29, 2007
Brussels, 23 March 2007 (ITUC OnLine): The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund must…
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