October 22, 2013

Major ILO programme has been developed with the government, workers and employers in Bangladesh, in response to a number of accidents that have hit the country’s ready-made garment industry.   DHAKA – The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and the International Labour Organization have launched a major initiative – including a new Better Work programme -aimed at improving working conditions in the ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh.   The three-and-a-half

INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITUC)   Brussels, 22 October 2013 (ITUC OnLine):  The ITUC together with 163 other trade union and civil society organisations and trade unions are raising concerns over a proposed expansion of the Information Technology Agreement (“ITA II”) being negotiated at the World Trade Organisation.  A joint letter to WTO member points to the damage the proposals would do to the development of IT industry in developing