The World Bank's IFC has not enforced its labour standard at the Sheraton Grand Conakry. Workers will strike in 10 days for reinstatement of fired union leaders and the fair treatment that IFC's labour standard is supposed to guarantee. iuf.org/news/guinea-wo… IUF

Working at the World Bank, I can see how it is failing humanity on the climate crisis | Jake Hess theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

In a meeting with the World Bank, the co-president of PSI Inter-America Federico Dávila pointed out that austerity should be abandoned and changes should be implemented in our current tax system to increase the investment in quality public services. psishort.link/xzd

"Credible, globally coordinated climate policy; high environmental, social, labor, and governance standards... would direct investment to sufficiently expand metal supply" for the clean energy transition blogs.imf.org/2021/11/10/soa…

Participate in Asian Development Bank consultations on labour and occupational health and safety standards: ituc-ap.org/highlights/lnp… adb.eventsair.com/adb-safeguard-… Trade unions priorities: ituc-ap.org/highlights/lnp… ITUC-Asia Pacific

⚠️TOMORROW⚠️ #ADBGenderForum 🎥How can #JustTransition be a force for gender transformative change? Sharan Burrow Asian Development Bank Register here 👉buff.ly/3cmfOJa

60% of the world's workers are in the informal economy, with no rule of law, no rights, no protection; and a majority of them are women!! We need a gender-inclusive #NewSocialContract! 🗣️🎙️ITUC general secretary Sharan Burrow to #ADBGenderForum

Documental | "FMI y Derechos Humanos" ¡#FMIyDDHH ya está disponible completo en nuestro canal de YouTube! 📺Miralo acá👇 bit.ly/DocuFMIyDDHH 🟡Contenidos: Fran Cantamutto y Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky 🟡Realización: Pulpofilms En este hilo, el detalle de los episodios👇

In 2021 lower income countries debt payments were the highest since 2001 - and interest rate rises could make the crisis even worse. Our latest research covered in The Guardian #CancelTheDebt theguardian.com/business/2022/…

La única forma de salir adelante es creciendo. El presidente Alberto Fernández mantuvo firmes sus convicciones y logró un acuerdo que no cae sobre los derechos previsionales ni laborales, sino que prioriza el desarrollo económico.

"Significant evidence suggests that several of IFC’s clients are active participants in the implementation of the PRC government’s campaign of repression against the Uyghurs, including through forced labour" shu.ac.uk/helena-kennedy…

.IFC has loaned nearly half a billion $ to four companies operating in the Uyghur Region. They produce supplements, spices, car batteries, magnesium alloys & pharmaceuticals for export internationally.

For International Women's day, see our letter with UN Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights, SR RtD and WG discrimination against women @melissaupreti calling the #IMF to ensure human rights and women's rights dimensions in its institutional gender strategy here 👇🏽👇🏽 tinyurl.com/yc4awr97 #Istandwithher

📢Great news! World Bank to exit investment in for-profit school chain Bridge International Academies. A step forward towards ensuring equitable, inclusive quality public education for all! ▶️ eiie.io/3MYAJTG ◀️ #StudentsBeforeProfit David Edwards @EIRAFRICA Education International Asia-Pacific Region

The World Bank's BEEP may be somewhat better dressed but it appears to remain fundamentally consistent with the Doing Business Indicators' aim to accelerate the race to the bottom on tax and regulation. taxjustice.net/2022/03/17/wha…

Sharan Burrow, ITUC GS, joins ADB Insight to discuss #justtransition, the political and social momentum needed to make it a reality, and its potential for promoting gender equality and workers’ rights. 🟠 Watch her full interview: adb.org/news/events/we…

Read the Global Union statement to the Spring Meetings! Decent work, collective bargaining, and universal social protection: The IMF and World Bank at a crossroads ituc-csi.org/statement-imf-…

Please join us on Thursday 7th April for this collectively organised Civil Society Policy Forum session reviewing the latest research on how the IMF & World Bank impact on public services - and to discuss what could and should change in the light of Covid and the climate crisis.

Join us on 13 April to discuss the rebranding of the Doing Business Report, and how the Bank could truly support inclusive growth and jobs: worldbank.org/en/events/2022… Unions reject the attempt to bring back the infamous labour indicator from Doing Business: ituc-csi.org/submission-bus…