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⏰ The clock is ticking for a new social contract. As the world prepares for #HLPF2026, workers and trade unions are calling for action to put decent work and democracy at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals. 💧 SDG 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation ⚡ SDG 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy 🏗️ SDG 9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure 🏙️ SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities 🤝 SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals 📖 Read the full position paper: ituc-csi.org/position-paper… #TimeFor8 #HLPF2026 #SDGs #TradeUnions #DecentWork #FightForDemocracy #JustTransition

📢 Save the Date! How are trade unions advancing the rights of Indigenous and First Nations workers? ✊🏽🌏 Join @ituc and @unionsaustralia for an inspiring webinar showcasing practical examples from Australia and learn how unions are championing inclusion, cultural rights, climate justice, and decent work for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers. 🎤 Opening remarks by: 🔹 Michele O’Neil, President, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) 🔹 Jordania Ureña Lora, Deputy General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) 💬 Featuring: 🔹 Lara Watson – First Nations Workers Alliance @unionsaustralia 🔹 Maria Tapim – Australian Services Union @ASUnion 🔹 Wayne Kurnorth – United Workers Union 🔹 Joanne Kerr – Community and Public Sector Union 🔹 Dr Sharlene Leroy-Dyer – National Tertiary Education Union @NTEUnion 🗓️ 3 August 2026 🕐 13:00–14:15 CEST 🌍 English | French | Spanish 👉 Register now and join the conversation: ituc-csi-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist… @itucasiapacific

✊📱 Jeffrey Vogt @SolidarityCntr explains why the adoption of ILO Convention No. 193 is a historic breakthrough for #PlatformWorkers. As he writes, the Convention ensures that fundamental labour rights—including freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining—apply to platform workers, regardless of how they are classified. It is a major step towards decent work in the platform economy. 🔗 Read the article: onlabor.org/a-win-for-plat…

The #UK has improved its rating from 4 to 3 in the 2026 ITUC Global Rights Index following positive labour reforms. But while progress is possible, the global trend remains deeply worrying, with workers' rights continuing to deteriorate in too many countries. ✊#RightsIndex26 🔗 Read more: buff.ly/PLRfsjq @nautilusint @The_TUC

🌍 The 2026 High-level Political Forum has come to an end. ✊ ITUC delegates from every region made sure workers' voices were heard—responding to Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs), speaking in plenary sessions, and contributing to side events. 📄 We'll soon share our analysis of the Ministerial Declaration, along with a full recap of our activities at #HLPF2026. Together, we're keeping decent work, social justice and workers' rights at the heart of the #SDGs. 🌱 #TimeFor8 🔗 Learn more: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/1znIQw… @ituc_africa @CSA_TUCA@ArabTradeUnion @itucasiapacific

At the MGOS Collective Side Event: 'Strengthening SDG Acceleration and Multilateral Action: Civil Society on the Road to the 2027 SDG Summit', Anne Cécile, Vice President of UNSAS Senegal, highlighted the vital role of trade unions in advancing the 2030 Agenda. 🗣️ "Trade unions have been pivotal in promoting powerful alliances of social movements around the SDGs, and will continue to defend the SDGs and multilateralism which have delivered the most advanced vision for a sustainable world yet." 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/gDn4How #HLPF2026 #TimeFor8 @ituc_africa

Every workplace depends on cleaners. Every cleaner deserves dignity, respect and a voice. Listen to 'Unsung: Cleaners' @UNI_Europa 👇

🌍✊ The #RightToStrike is a fundamental pillar of democracy and workers' rights. In an interview with CIVICUS Lens, ITUC General Secretary Luc Triangle warns against growing attacks on civic freedoms and defends the right to strike as essential to protecting workers. 🗣️ "Workers cannot exercise freedom of association effectively without the ability to take collective action, including strikes." #FightForDemocracy By confirming that the right to strike is protected under ILO Convention No. 87, the ICJ has restored legal certainty and reinforced a fundamental pillar of workers' rights and democracy. 🔗 Read the interview: buff.ly/FSZ5hGP @CIVICUSalliance @luc_triangle

Our General Secretary @luc_triangle is showing inequality the red card. 🟥 Rising prices 🟥 Low wages 🟥 Insecure jobs 🟥 Attacks on Our Democratic Rights 🟥 Wealth piling up for a few while working people pay. On the Global Day to Fight Inequality, the world's unions are drawing the line. Join us. What inequality would you red card? Film it, tag @FightInequality, use #GDFI2026 Together we build an economy that works for the 99%, not the 1%. #GlobalDayToFightInequality2026 #RedCardtoInequality

🇺🇾 En el marco de la Revisión Nacional Voluntaria (VNR) de #Uruguay sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), el movimiento sindical y la sociedad civil reclamaron más acciones para garantizar el trabajo decente y la justicia social. 🗣️ "Exhortamos al gobierno a profundizar el trabajo decente que requiere abordar el impacto de las nuevas tecnologías, reducir la jornada laboral y garantizar cuotas laborales para poblaciones vulnerables. Asimismo, urge disminuir la brecha salarial de género y fortalecer el Sistema de Cuidados. Solo con un enfoque de derechos humanos y participación sindical y social efectiva avanzaremos hacia un desarrollo justo, democrático, sostenible e inclusivo." Viviana Rumbo @PITCNT1 Cumplir con los #ODS implica poner el trabajo decente, la igualdad y el diálogo social en el centro del desarrollo sostenible. 🔗 Más información: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/1znIQw… #HLPF2026 #TimeFor8 @CSA_TUCA

During Somalia's Voluntary National Review (VNR) on the Sustainable Development Goals, trade unions and civil society stressed that sustainable development depends on peace, rights and decent work. 🗣️ "We call for greater investment in peacebuilding that addresses the root causes of conflict through decent work, social protection and social dialogue. We also urge stronger protection of human rights, an end to impunity, and an end to violence against journalists." Omar Faruk @festusomalia The #SDGs cannot be achieved without peace, social justice and respect for fundamental rights. 🔗 Learn more: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/1znIQw… #HLPF2026 #TimeFor8 @ituc_africa

🇩🇪 A just transition is built through social dialogue. As the #HLPF2026 reviews #SDG9, Germany’s DGB helped shape the country’s Coal Consensus—bringing together unions, government, employers and civil society to ensure the shift away from coal protects workers and communities. ⚡🤝 The agreement combines climate action with investment, income protection, training, and collective bargaining, helping workers transition into new, quality jobs while advancing national climate goals. A #JustTransition means no worker is left behind. 🌍✊ 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/Hx8SYFy #TimeFor8 @dgb_news

During Switzerland's Voluntary National Review (VNR), trade unions and civil society urged the government to align its policies with its sustainability commitments. 🗣️ "The Swiss government continues to enact budget cuts in vital environmental and social sectors while simultaneously increasing military spending. As one of the world's wealthiest nations, Switzerland must embrace its responsibility as a global leader by actively investing in sustainability transformations." Thomas Taylor @ituc Delivering on the #SDGs requires investing in people, the planet, and a just transition. 🔗 Learn more: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/1znIQw… #HLPF2026 #TimeFor8

As part of Italy's Voluntary National Review (VNR) on the Sustainable Development Goals, trade unions and civil society highlighted the urgent need to tackle precarious work, low wages, and weak labour protections. 🗣️ "In Italy, precarious work has become structurally widespread, accompanied by stagnant wages that have led to the phenomenon of the 'working poor'. A critical issue is the failure to implement the EU Minimum Wage Directive. The impact is particularly visible in the platform economy, where labour flexibility too often means precariousness and a lack of protections." Christian Ferrari @cgilnazionale Achieving the #SDGs means ensuring decent work, fair wages, and stronger protections for all workers. 🔗 Learn more: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/1znIQw… #HLPF2026 #TimeFor8

🇪🇸 Gender equality is essential to sustainable development. As the #HLPF2026 reviews the #GlobalGoals, Spain's Feminist International Cooperation Strategy shows the power of social dialogue. 🤝♀️ Developed with trade unions, employers and civil society, the strategy advances women's rights, leadership, equal pay, and stronger representation in the world of work—ensuring development leaves no one behind. When workers' voices shape policy, equality becomes action. ✊💜 🔗 Learn more: new.express.adobe.com/webpage/1znIQw… #SDG5 #SDG8 #TimeFor8 #GenderEquality @SindicatoUSO @UGT_Comunica @CCOO

Marita Gonzalez, equipo de relaciones internacionales CGT Argentina, participó en un evento de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (OHCHR) sobre el ODS 11, destacando la necesidad de construir ciudades más inclusivas, sostenibles y centradas en los derechos humanos. 🗣️ “Miles de personas viven desprovistas de servicios básicos, atrapadas en un círculo vicioso donde no tener hogar impide el acceso a un trabajo, y no tener trabajo te empuja a la calle. Por eso impulsamos a los Estados miembros a que: • Reconozcan los cuidados como un derecho humano y un bien común. • Garanticen el trabajo decente. • Aumenten la inversión pública. • Inviertan en marcos de transición justa hacia ciudades sostenibles.” 🔗 new.express.adobe.com/webpage/1znIQw… #HLPF2026 #TimeFor8 #SDG11 #ODS11 @cgtoficialra @CSA_TUCA

🌍✊ July Newsletter | Workers' voices shaping a sustainable future This July, trade unions are bringing the voice of workers to the UN High-level Political Forum #HLPF2026, reminding world leaders that the Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs cannot be achieved without decent work, democracy, and social justice. 💙 📢 Our latest report shows that SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth is the foundation for progress across the entire sustainable development agenda. Workers’ rights, quality public services, social dialogue, and international solidarity are key to building resilient communities for everyone. #TimeFor8 🎉 We also celebrate a historic milestone: the adoption of the first international convention on decent work in the platform economy at the International Labour Conference. This landmark achievement confirms that #PlatformWorkers deserve the same rights, protections, and dignity as all workers. 👏 🕊️ As we mark the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we reaffirm that people and peace must always come before profit. Sustainable development is only possible through peace, democracy, cooperation, and solidarity—not weapons. #nuclearban 🗞️ Read the full newsletter: EN buff.ly/HUwdc03 FR buff.ly/ldsIBWI ES buff.ly/2Sctdk0

⏰ El reloj avanza hacia un nuevo contrato social. Mientras el mundo se prepara para el #HLPF2026, los trabajadores y los sindicatos hacen un llamamiento a la acción para situar el trabajo decente y la democracia en el centro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. 💧 ODS 6 – Agua limpia y saneamiento ⚡ ODS 7 – Energía asequible y no contaminante 🏗️ ODS 9 – Industria, innovación e infraestructura 🏙️ ODS 11 – Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles 🤝 ODS 17 – Alianzas para lograr los Objetivos 📖 Lee el documento completo: ituc-csi.org/documento-de-p… #TimeFor8 #HLPF2026 #ODS #Sindicatos #TrabajoDecente #FightForDemocracy #TransiciónJusta

🇦🇺 Building sustainable cities means investing in care—and in care workers. As the #HLPF2026 reviews #SDG11, Australia's trade unions are showing what's possible. Through sustained advocacy, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) helped secure higher wages, stronger collective bargaining, improved job security, and expanded paid parental leave for care workers. 👩‍⚕️👶 A resilient care economy is essential for inclusive cities, gender equality, and decent work. Investing in quality care jobs means investing in stronger communities and a fairer future for all. 💜 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/Hx8SYFy #TimeFor8 #InvestInCare @unionsaustralia

⏰ Le temps presse pour un nouveau contrat social. À l'approche du #HLPF2026, les travailleurs et les syndicats appellent à agir pour placer le travail décent et la démocratie au cœur des Objectifs de développement durable. 💧 ODD 6 – Eau propre et assainissement ⚡ ODD 7 – Énergie propre et d'un coût abordable 🏗️ ODD 9 – Industrie, innovation et infrastructure 🏙️ ODD 11 – Villes et communautés durables 🤝 ODD 17 – Partenariats pour la réalisation des objectifs 📖 Consultez le rapport complet : ituc-csi.org/note-de-positi… #TimeFor8 #HLPF2026 #ODD #Syndicats #TravailDécent #FightForDemocracy #TransitionJuste