“Building Workers’ Rights: Change the Rules, Unity - the Way Forward for an Inclusive, Sustainable Asia-Pacific” – Theme of the recently concluded ITUC-AP 4th Regional Conference that was held over 3 days from 7 - 9 October 2019 in Tokyo,...

The ITUC-AP strongly called upon the negotiating governments of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to keep their own commitment to ‘foster an open, inclusive and rules-based trading system, and to demonstrate to the work that...

The ITUC-AP carried out a survey from 26 February to 5 April 2019 to measure the impact and the implementation process of the Bali Declaration, which was adopted at the 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) of the International La...

“Multilateralism is in a crisis with a growing concern about globalisation,” Shoya Yoshida, General Secretary of the ITUC-AP, said in the opening of the L20 Summit in Tokyo, Japan.   The L20 Summit was organised with the theme of �...

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...