As the peak union body for Australia, the ACTU participates in a range of international forums on behalf of unions and Australian workers, including the International Labour Organisation and the International Trade Union Confederation.
Australian unions are also active players in the global union movement, joining international campaigns and solidarity actions on a regular basis.
In this section, you will find statements by the ACTU on international issues, details of current international campaigns, and news from around the world.
June 8, 2006
Security workers belonging to the South African Transport and Allied workers Union (SATAWU), an affiliate…
February 15, 2006
35 representatives from Australian unions and from the Iranian community protested in front of the…
February 14, 2006
Australian unions are calling on the Iranian Government to release around 80 detained trade unionists…
February 10, 2006
On 28 January, several hundred Tehran Bus Company workers and members of their families were…
February 7, 2006
In a letter to the Iranian President, Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the ACTU expresses its opposition…
November 3, 2005
In the October 2005 issue of Global Unions GCAP Newsletter; Get involved in White Band…
September 21, 2005
The State Public Services Federation (SPSF), a union with nearly 120,000 members, recently voted to…
April 29, 2005
Support to the Make Poverty History coalition (MPH) is a natural step in unions further…
March 22, 2005
Since the dismissal by HM King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal of his…
March 17, 2005
Resources on the Global Union Campaign on Nepal. EI is deeply concerned by the latest…
