April 2008 SIGTUR Conference in Kochi
One hundred and eighty one delegates from nineteen countries in the global south participated in the 8th International Congress of SIGTUR, which was held in the historic city of Kochi, Kerala, India from the 18th to the 23rd April, 2008.[1] The Congress was hosted by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), one of the largest and most active trade union federations in India.
The countries who participated are: Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Cyprus, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, and East Timor.
SIGTUR Conferences are always busy affairs please take time to read the sigtur_action_statement_april_2008
Intense discussions took place in the Conferences commission_one_-_growth_of_the_power_of_transnational_corporations_in_the_era_of_neo-liberal_globalisation
Other commissions included:-commission_3_-_the__restructuring_of_work_under_the_neo-liberal_market_regime
commission_4_working_women_under_capitalist_globalisation
commission_5_-_migrant_workers
commission_6_the_challenge_of_organising_a_strong_local_trade_union_movement_and_building_a_new_labour_internationalism
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