Felix Anthony, President of the ITUC-AP and National Secretary of the Fiji Trade Union Congress (FTUC), was arrested again by a team of Police and taken away from his home last night at 10:30pm local time, in the presence of his family members.The Po...

Felix Anthony, President of the ITUC-AP and National Secretary of the Fiji Trade Union Congress (FTUC), affiliated organisation of the ITUC-AP, was arrested on 1 May 2019 at 4.20pm from the Ministry of Employment, Productivity and Industrial ...

“Realising an Asbestos-free World” 2 - 3 April 2019, Kathmandu, NepalAsbestos is a group of naturally occurring fibrous minerals with historical commercial usefulness due to their extraordinary tensile strength, poor heat conduction, and re...

The ITUC-AP General Secretary, Shoya Yoshida, met with the Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat, Dr Alan Bollard, on 30 October 2018 in Singapore and presented the Statement of the International Trade Union Confederation / Asia Pacific Labou...

Shoya Yoshida, General Secretary of the ITUC-AP, spoke on “Just Transition of Workforce and Creation of Decent Work and Quality Jobs: Opportunity and Challenges” during the Asia - Pacific Climate Week held in Singapore from 10 - 13 July 20...

At the 107th Session of the International Labour Conference (28 May - 8 June 2018) , governments, employers and trade unions decided to continue discussions on violence and harassment in the world of work with a view to adopting a Convention and a Re...

International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder witnessed a signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at which the International Trade Union Confederation - Asia Pacific (ITUC-AP), ASEAN Trade Union Council (ATUC...

The OECD organised the Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum (SEARP) Tokyo Ministerial Conference, which consisted of the OECD Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum on Thursday, 8 March 2018 and the Steering Group Meeting of the OECD SEARP on Friday, 9 Marc...

Occupational Health and Safety is a fundamental human and workers’ right, which is clearly declared in international instruments. However, about 125 million people are still exposed to asbestos at the workplace. Approximately half of the deaths ...

Representatives of the ITUC-AP Conference on Asbestos met members of Committee IX (Demography, Health, Manpower and Transmigration Affairs) of the House of Representatives of Indonesia on Wednesday, 7 March 2018, including Mr. Dede Yusuf M.E...