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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/union rights

ITUC says that workers fundamental rights were again widely flouted throughout the world in 2006

Brussels, 17/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - One year after it came into being, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) published, on 18 September, its first annual report on violations of trade union rights in the world. The report, covering 138 countries, reveals that, in 2006, 144 trade unionists were murdered (compared with 115 in 2005) for defending workers' rights, and more than 800 others suffered beatings or torture. The ITUC report details nearly 5,000 arrests and over 8,000...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
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(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Several countries ask for milk quotas to be increased
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(EU) EU/ACP: ACP countries rally to defend advantages of sugar protocol in future economic partnership agreements
(EU) EU/ICT/CARS: Drive for safer, greener and smarter cars
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission supports ARCEP's proposal to harmonise cuts in mobile rates in Europe
(EU) EU/JAPAN: Competition policy at centre of economic dialogue
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: External trade surplus in euro area - deficit for EU
(EU) EU/JHA: Appointment of new Anti-terrorism tsar imminent
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission calls on Ottawa to speed up progress in visa reciprocity
(EU) EU/TOBACCO: Florenz report calls for fight against smoking to be stepped up
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: New EU-United States Atlantis programme paves way for innovative transatlantic degrees
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: EU to try to persuade partners to adopt ETS
(EU) EU/UNION RIGHTS: ITUC says that workers fundamental rights were again widely flouted throughout the world in 2006
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Speaking at UN, Mandelson highlights need, in terms of global economic gains, to conclude Round
(EU) EU/SOUTH KOREA: Third round of FTA talks
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Legislative acts published in Official Journal
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