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The International Trade Union Confederation is the global voice of working people, representing the rights & interests of millions of workers in 167 countries.
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🌍 Today is International #HumanRightsDay. For Lee Cheuk-yan, it's Day 1,699 behind bars. 🕯️ Lee is a courageous labour leader imprisoned since April 2021 for organising peaceful pro-democracy protests in 🇭🇰 Hong Kong. Now, he faces unjust charges of "inciting subversion of
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✊On #HumanRightsDay, union leaders and workers in the #Maldives were arrested for standing up for fishers’ right to fair wages. ⚠️Protest is not a crime. Solidarity is not illegal. #ForDemocracy
@itucasiapacific @TEAMmaldives
We strongly condemn the arrest of @FishermensUnion and @TEAMmaldives leaders and members who were peacefully exercising their fundamental human rights of freedom of assembly and expression. #OurUnionOurPower #humanrights @ilo @IUFglobal
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. @SpeedyMorman doesn’t chase viral moments; he creates them. Calm, precise, and surgical, he makes space for honesty in an era allergic to nuance. Whether he’s sitting with rappers or whatever career Kim K is currently pursuing, he brings the same patience and the confidence of
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🗣️ Tania Scacchetti, segretaria generale SPI-CGIL: “In piazza per rivendicare il diritto sulla legge sulla non autosufficienza. Nel nostro Paese sono 4 milioni le persone non autosufficienti. Vogliamo più risorse per la dignità delle persone”. Il 12 dicembre scioperiamo e
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✊ Solidarity with @cgilnazionale and all workers in Italy striking on 12 December 2025! 📢 The new budget law is a direct attack on wages, pensions, public healthcare, education, and workers’ rights — passed with no social dialogue, prioritizing rearmament over people’s
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Food delivery workers in #Australia have just won a historic step forward – and it shows what’s possible when #PlatformWorkers organise and win rules that protect them. 💥🚲 In a landmark deal between the Transport Workers’ Union and Uber Eats and DoorDash, delivery riders and
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👏 Congratulations to Armenia on the ratification of ILO Convention 190 — a vital step towards ending violence and harassment at work. But challenges remain: ⚖️ Ensuring implementation of ILS in practice ✊ Building strong guarantees for trade unionism across sectors ⚖️ Access
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📣 Europe! Do not protect these "bros!" 🚨Today, the European Parliament is discussing taxation of super-rich. No tax justice = no social justice! 3️⃣6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ individuals hold the wealth of the bottom 50% - unacceptable! #TaxTheSuperRich & fund people's need!
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On International Human Rights Day, we are proud to be part of @Sport_Rights as we work to make sport an authentic force for good. 🔗 Join the movement: https://t.co/fmtRX098Kr
#HumanRightsDay #OurEverydayRights
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On International Human Rights Day, join us in moving the world in a better direction, where sport is an authentic force for good. ➡️ Support our movement: https://t.co/BYsd3xSc1X
#HumanRightsDay #OurEverydayRights
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This #HumanRightsDay, @itucasiapacific's General Secretary, Shoya Yoshida, recalls: From hunger strikes to peaceful marches, Lee Cheuk-yan never stopped standing up for democracy. Now, let us stand with him. Defending democracy is not a crime! #FreeLeeCheukYan!
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🧵6/ Lee’s fight is OUR fight ✊ This is about more than Hong Kong. Lee’s struggle represents a global fight for: 🤝 Freedom of Association ✌️ Peaceful Assembly 🧑🏭 Workers’ Rights ⚖️ Democracy & Justice for All Let’s honour these universal rights. 🔗 https://t.co/3pEtiVT5yP
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🧵5/ 🌍 Global solidarity with Lee While in prison, Lee received the Silver Rose Award 🥀 in 2022 for his lifelong fight for workers' rights. He stands with the people — and we must stand with him. 📢Raise your voice. Share his story. Demand his freedom.
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🧵4/ What’s happening in Hong Kong? 📉 Since 2020: 🔗 316 arrested under national security laws ✊ 11 trade unionists arbitrarily detained 💔 200+ unions disbanded 📵 12 media outlets shut down 🚫 89% denied bail — including Lee This is a full-scale crackdown on freedom.
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🧵 3/ Why is Lee in prison? 🚨 In 2021, Lee was sentenced to 20 months for organising peaceful protests. Now, he's facing new charges under Hong Kong’s repressive National Security Law for his pro-democracy advocacy in China — punishable by up to 10 years. ⛓️ 🔗
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🧵 2/ Who is Lee Cheuk-yan? In 1992, Lee founded the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions ✊. He witnessed the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 and has since dedicated his life to defending democracy, social justice, and freedom of association in Hong Kong and China. 🇭🇰🕯️
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À l’occasion des 16 Jours d’Activisme, la CSI publie un rapport percutant : "Les syndicats agissent en faveur d’un monde exempt de violence et de harcèlement : Ratifier et mettre en oeuvre la Convention 190 de l’OIT" 📘✊ Ce document met en lumière comment les syndicats
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🧡 #16DaysOfActivism | Union Action for Safer Workplaces 🧡 🗣️ "As unions, we must ensure gender-based violence and harassment get a strong response. We push for safer workplaces through collective agreements, workplace policies, and political pressure — making sure laws and
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🌍 As 2025 ends, the ITUC calls for global action on justice, rights, and solidarity. 🗽 #HumanRightsDay: Free Hong Kong union leader Lee Cheuk-yan. 🌐 #MigrantsDay: Stand with migrant workers — organize, protect, empower. 💼 Davos 2026: Time to end billionaire-led policy. We
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🚨 La Confédération syndicale internationale condamne la mise en examen de Sophie Binet. C’est une attaque contre la démocratie en #France, une tentative manifeste de criminaliser une prise de parole syndicale. #PourLaDemocratie @lacgtcommunique
https://t.co/IlkZsHJkG6
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La Confédération syndicale internationale (CSI) exprime sa plus vive inquiétude et condamne fermement la mise en examen de Sophie Binet, (…)
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