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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8538
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ICFTU calls on negotiators in Cancun to respect workers' rights

Brussels, 09/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) has attacked Member States of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that "deliberately prevent the central theme of workers rights" from the Doha Development Agenda. The Ministerial conference in Cancun, according to the union, should conclude with an assertion of the "priority of human and workers' rights" or see the, "vicious and downward spiral that leads to a continued lowering in standards...

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