International Women’s Day 2025: Women’s labour rights are human rights

On International Women’s Day, the ITUC stands in solidarity with women workers, their trade unions and all progressive allies around the world, in the struggle for gender equality, women’s rights, and social and economic justice for all. Within the current context of rising authoritarianism, a surge in far-right political forces, attacks on democracy and shrinking […]

Strike is the hope of Nexperia workers

For three days, during the non stop days of strikes of Nexperia, the machines inside the factory have not been humming because workers decided not to operate them. The hum of production is deafening to the already deaf capitalist Nexperia and its general manager Gareth Hughes. When they decided to strike, what they wanted to […]

G20 Brazil: Leaders’ Declaration includes welcome focus on labour and social justice to fight poverty and inequalities

Trade unions welcome key elements of the G20 Rio de Janeiro Leaders’ Declaration but call for concrete actions on urgent global challenges. The Declaration includes commitments to multilateralism, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the fight against inequalities but falls short in addressing the critical topic of climate finance. Key points from the Declaration include: […]

10 Resolutions from the ACV Congress 2024

International 1. Lasting peace and justice for all workers Many workers, as well as children and young people from all over the world, are today victims of wars, civil wars, armed conflicts or illegal occupations. As an international trade union movement, we are working for lasting peace and justice worldwide. It is the ordinary working […]

KSBSI President Meets with OECD Secretary General, Here’s What Was Conveyed

ACV-CSCIASIA.ORG, JAKARTA – KSBSI President, Elly Rosita Silaban had the opportunity to meet with the Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Mathias Cormann during a series of visits to Indonesia in the context of Indonesia’s accession process to become an OECD member country in Jakarta, Thursday (30/05/2024 ). On this […]

KSBSI Holds May Day 2024 Action, There is No Democracy Without Trade Unions

ACV-CSCIASIA.ORG, JAKARTA – Hundreds of workers who are affiliated with the Confederation of All Indonesian Trade Unions (KSBSI) held a May Day 2024 demonstration in the Horse Statue area, Jakarta, Wednesday (01/05/2024). The President of KSBSI, Elly Rosita Silaban, in her speech said that currently the number of trade unions/workers is increasing, but this is […]

ILO Indonesia and Timor-Leste Officially Introduce New Director to Replace Michiko Miyamoto

ACV-CSCIASIA.ORG, JAKARTA – The International Labor Organization (ILO) for Indonesia and Timor-Leste officially introduced its new Director to replace Michiko Miyamoto. This was published by the ILO in an ILO press release on 15 February 2024 with the title New Director for the ILO Office in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Simrin Singh has officially taken over […]