8 October 2010

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Bulgaria
On 7 October, as part of activities for the World Day for Decent Work, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) - of which ITF affiliate the Federation of Transport Trade Unions in Bulgaria (FTTUB) is a member - conducted a national protest in front of the National Assembly in Sofia to oppose plans to increase the retirement age by three years for all Bulgarian workers and by two years for those working in hazardous conditions. The action gathered approximately 15,000 trade unionists from all over Bulgaria. The FTTUB participated actively in the protest and took the opportunity to inform participants and members about the International Action Week by disseminating brochures with information about the “Respect & Safety Now!” campaign and initiatives that the FTTUB union will undertake. (Email report by Slava Petrova)

View photos of activities in Bulgaria for WDDW >>
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Thailand
Trade unions in the private and public sectors, in collaboration with relevant NGOs, organised a rally and demonstration on 7 October to raise awareness of decent work. The workers gathered in front of the United Nation's Building in the morning and then marched to government house where a rally was held. A letter addressed to the Prime Minister was submitted, asking the government to accelerate ratification of ILO Conventions Nos. 87 and 97. The rally then moved to Parliarment House where a request for their demands to be submitted to the cabinet for urgent consideration and action was submitted. (Email report by Su-angcana Tungworachet)

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Turkey
Hosted by DISK - the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey - trade union delegations from the Austrian Trade Union Confederation (ÖGB), the Lower Austrian Labour Chamber (AK.NO) and the Hungarian Metalworkers' Union (VASAS) visited dismissed UPS workers in Istanbul on 7 October on the occasion of the World Day for Decent Work. UPS workers welcomed the union representatives who expressed their solidarity with TUMTIS and the UPS workers in Turkey. (Email report by Kivanc Eliacik)

Read the DISK news article on the solidarity visit>>

There will be an ITF/ETF solidarity rally and meeting this weekend in Istanbul where affiliates from six European countries will gather under the invitation of TUMTIS.

Belgium
In follow-up to the honorary membership that BTB conferred to Mansour Osanloo on 25 September (President of the Tehran Bus Workers' Union who has been imprisoned since 2007), the union wrote a letter to the Iranian Embassy in Belgium on 30 September informing the Ambassador of this fact; condemning the violation of human rights and freedom of speech in Iran; and requesting the immediate release of Mansour Osanloo. Activities for the Action Week are due to take place next week. (Email report by Véronique De Roeck)

Liberia
The National Brotherhood of Teamsters started their campaign activities on 4 October. The union has been working with eight national unions to call on ECOWAS and the Liberian national government to respect the rights of drivers and to accept the sub-regional collective agreement that road transport unions in West Africa are working on. Today, the union has held a national seminar for 35 road transport workers at a parking station. Campaign placards have been displayed. (Phone report by J.N Natt)

Luxembourg
SYPROLUX has distributed the campaign posters and flyers to their workshops in order to raise awareness about the Action Week and its objectives to their members. The union will also publish an article about the Action Week in their union newspaper 'Transport' in November. (Phone report by Mylene Wagner)

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