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• Prosecutors Allegations Against ex-President Lula put Brazil’s Justice System on Trial

  15-09-2016

  Allegations by prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol against former Brazilian President Lula, recycling discredited claims that he secretly owned a beach apartment in Guarujá and alleging that he presided over a massive corruption scandal, are putting Brazil’s justice system itself on trial, according to the ITUC.
• Bangladesh Government and Global Brands Share Responsibility for Factory Deaths

  12-09-2016

  The tragic deaths of at least 30 workers and injuries to many more in Saturday’s fire at the Tampoco Foil factory in Bangladesh shows the callous disregard of the Bangladesh government for workers’ safety, and the failure of multinational companies doing business with the factory to take responsibility for the lives of workers in their supply chains.
• G20 Leaders push for short-term recovery with structural reforms – trade unions call for long-term inclusive growth

  06-09-2016

  The G20 G20 The Group of Twenty, or G20, is a forum for international cooperation on the most important aspects of the international economic and financial agenda. It brings together 19 countries and the European Union, which together represent around 90% of global GDP, 80% of global trade and two thirds of the world’s population. Summit in Hangzhou, China, endorses a pro-growth push and strengthens focus on the developing world. But G20 G20 The Group of Twenty, or G20, is a forum for international cooperation on the most important aspects of the international economic and financial agenda. It brings together 19 countries and the European Union, which together represent around 90% of global GDP, 80% of global trade and two thirds of the world’s population. Leaders fail to see that a pro-demand growth trajectory, fair wage distribution and quality jobs for the future cannot be achieved with present structural reforms.
• India: Government Should Heed Message of General Strike

  02-09-2016

  The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi should heed the clear message from a huge general strike in India today, as workers across the country backed calls for a living minimum wage and decent pensions, proper enforcement of labour laws, measures to stimulate creation of formal jobs and universal social security cover.
• Brazil: Deposing of President Dilma Rousseff Will Unleash Wave of Corporate Greed

  01-09-2016

  The international trade union movement is warning that a wave of corporate greed will be unleashed in Brazil following the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff by a corruption-riddled Congress.