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By World Federation of Trade Unions

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions.

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By World Federation of Trade Unions

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following March 24 statement of the World Federation of Trade Unions.

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By World Federation of Trade Unions

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Jan. 8 statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions.

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By George Mavrikos

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) General Secretary, George Mavrikos, against the coup in Bolivia.

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By World Federation of Trade Unions

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).

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By staff

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).

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By World Federation of Trade Unions

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following June 22 statement for the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).

The United Nations Security Council on June 21st welcomed the deployment by the so-called Group of Five (G5) – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – of a joint force to tackle the threat of terrorism, as well as the serious challenges posed by transnational organized crime in Africa’s restive Sahel region. Also by that text, the Council urged the joint force of up to 5,000 military and police personnel, as well as the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali and French forces in that country to ensure adequate coordination and exchange of information regarding their operations, within their respective mandates.

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By World Federation of Trade Unions

_Fight Back News Service is circulating the following June 2 statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). _

The World Federation of Trade Unions strongly condemns the death of more than 40 refugees, 20 of them children, crossing the desert of northern Niger to Libya and probably to Europe.

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By staff

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following May 11 statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).

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By staff

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Jan. 14 statement from the World Federation of Trades (WFTU)

200 workers from “Hallmark” garment factory were striking during last week, demanding their unpaid wages. Their wages should have been paid on 5th January, the official factory pay day. During the last days the workers agreed to accept a written promise that wages would be paid no later than January 12. Until yesterday the employers instead of paying the wages, they announced that they will cut the wages for the days of the strike.

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