Countries

The TUC works with trade unions around the world. Because of resources, we concentrate on a small number of countries where:

• the country’s workers or trade unions face particularly difficult circumstances
• the country plays a significant role in world affairs, or is pivotal in international discussions on trade or labour standards
• the country has a major trade union movement or
• the country’s trade union movement conducts significant solidarity work.

For more information on the TUC’s particular work in a country which falls into one or more of these categories, see Australia, Brazil, Burma, China, Colombia, Cuba, France, Germany, India, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia,Scandinavia, South Africa, Turkey, USA and Zimbabwe.

The most recent documents available on this subject are:

ZCTU trial update - 27 August 2008
The trial of Wellington Chibebe and Lovemore Matombo, the General Secretary and President of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has been postponed yet again, this time until 17 September.
29 August 2008

Protest against Iranian trade unionists sentenced to the lash
The TUC has joined a worldwide campaign, launched by LabourStart, against the sadistic and savage sentences handed out against Iranian trade unionists for the ‘crime' of having participated in a May Day demonstration this year, and two women in particular, Sousan Razani and Shiva Kheirabadi. Sousan was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment and 70 lashes; Shiva to 4 months imprisonment and 15 lashes. Join the protest at www.labourstart.org/iran
PDF version available for download
22 August 2008

Southern African trade unionists speak out on Zimbabwe and Swaziland
On 10-11 August, a conference was convened by COSATU in South Africa to bring together trade unionists and civil society delegates from across the SADC region to hear from Zimbabwean and Swazi trade unionists about the problems facing their countries ahead of the SADC summit on 16-17 August. The declaration from the conference calls for solidarity with Zimbabwean and Swazi trade unions, and in particular adds to the pressure on Robert Mugabe. The COSATU conference was funded by the TUC and LO Norway.
PDF version available for download
17 August 2008

TUC protests about trade union repression in South Korea
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has joined global trade union protests about the arrests and harassment of trade unionists by the supposedly democractic government in South Korea. Add your voice at www.labourstart.org/kctu
PDF version available for download
7 August 2008

TUC protests about Iraqi labour law
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has written to the Iraqi Minister for Labour and Social Affairs expressing concerns about the state of trade union law in Iraq, and drawing on the findings of the ILO Standards Committee in May.
21 July 2008

TUC condemns death sentence on Iranian teacher trade unionist
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber has written to the Iranian authorities protesting about the sentencing to death of Iranian Kurdish teacher trade unionist Mr Farzad Kamangar, urging the government to re-examine his case and commute his death sentence.
21 July 2008

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