Unilever tells workers making one of the top 28 Sustainable Living Brands that their uniforms are part of their Living Wage
For several years over 680 workers producing Unilever's Bango in Indonesia have been fighting for the right to negotiate fair wages. In 2021 they launched protest actions demanding a living wage. In July 2022, Unilever responded with its global Living Wage formula....
सामाजिक न्याय का अभाव ही जलवायु संकट को जलवायु आपदा में बदल देता है
इसमें कोई संदेह नहीं है कि हम विनाशकारी जलवायु परिवर्तन के युग में प्रवेश कर रहे हैं। दुनिया भर में गर्मी की लहरें, सूखा, झाड़ियों की आग और बाढ़ की तीव्रता और आवृत्ति में वृद्धि हो रही है। अगस्त में पूरे पाकिस्तान में भारी बाढ़ ने 30 मिलियन लोगों को बुरी तरह प्रभावित...
사회적 정의의 부재로 기후 위기가 기후 재앙으로 진화
우리는 의심할 여지 없이 재앙적인 기후 변화의 시대로 접어들고 있다. 전 지구적으로 폭염, 가뭄, 산불, 홍수의 발생 강도와 횟수가 증가하고 있다. 8월에 파키스탄 전역에서 발생한 대규모 홍수는 3천만명의 사람에게 심각한 영향을 미치고 1,000명 이상의 사망자를 남겼다. 파키스탄 정부 부처 장관과 의원들은 이 홍수를 “기후 재앙”이라는 말로 표현을 했다. 이런 홍수 재난의 원인을 인간이 유발한 기후 변화로서 공식적으로 인정하는 것은 정부가 수십년 동안 재난을 기후 변화와...
UN အတွက် ရွေးချယ်ဖို့ အချိန်တန်ပြီ၊ တရားမဝင် စစ်အစိုးရ သို့မဟုတ် ဒီမိုကရေစီ နည်းလမ်းကျသော အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရ? တခြားရွေးချယ်စရာ မရှိပါ၊ တရားမျှတမှုသည်သာ။ NUG ကို အခုပဲ အသိအမှတ်ပြုပါ!
UN အတွက် ရွေးချယ်ဖို့ အချိန်တန်ပြီ၊ တရားမဝင် စစ်အစိုးရ သို့မဟုတ် ဒီမိုကရေစီ နည်းလမ်းကျသော အမျိုးသားညီညွတ်ရေးအစိုးရ? တခြားရွေးချယ်စရာ မရှိပါ၊ တရားမျှတမှုသည်သာ။ NUG ကို အခုပဲ အသိအမှတ်ပြုပါ! PDF Myanmar-Myanmar democracy...
No more delays, justice now! Unions demand accountability for the killing and violence faced by trade union leaders and organizers in the Philippines
As the Philippines government continues to ignore ILO recommendations to address serious trade union rights violations in the country and fails to investigate the killing of trade unionists and violence against unions, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)...
The UN must choose. The illegitimate military junta or the democratic National Unity Government? There is no choice. Only justice. Recognize NUG now!
The United Nations (UN) designated September 15 as the International Day of Democracy. On this day we call for the restoration of democracy and democratic rights in Myanmar. One year ago there was a campaign on September 15, 2021, calling on the UN to recognize the...
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THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
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ABOUT IUF ASIA-PACIFIC
The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tourism, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) was established in 1920. As a result of the struggle to organize independent, democratic trade unions in Asia and the Pacific with international solidarity, these independent unions established the IUF Regional Organization for Asia and the Pacific in 1962. The IUF Asia-Pacific is a regional organization of the global IUF and has its own constitution and rules. Every 5 years a Regional Conference of delegates representing affiliates in the region elects the Regional Secretary, Regional President and the Regional Committee.
14th IUF Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2022
The next statutory Regional Conference of the IUF Regional Organization for Asia and the Pacific will be held on November 1-2, 2022.
