News and Updates

Women trade union leaders from across Asia and the Pacific agreed on concrete proposals to strengthen women’s leadership, increase women’s influence, and advance safe, dignified, and violence-free trade union spaces during the 28th ITUC-Asia Pacific Women’s Committee Meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand on 25-26 August 2026.

ITUC-Asia Pacific strongly condemns the High Court’s conviction of veteran trade union leader Lee Cheuk-yan, alongside pro-democracy activist, Chow Hang-tung, on charges of “inciting subversion” under Hong Kong’s National Security Law (NSL).

ITUC-Asia Pacific expresses serious concern over the issuance of an arrest warrant against Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU/May First Movement) Chairperson Jerome Adonis in connection with the 2026 Labour Day protest.

Representatives of India’s trade unions and farmers’ organisations gathered at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi on 29 July 2026 for the National Convention of Workers and Farmers, held amid the continued deterioration of workers’ and farmers’ working and living conditions since their first joint Convention in 2023.

ITUC-Asia Pacific welcomes the historic adoption of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 193 on Decent Work in the Platform Economy, calling it a major breakthrough for millions of platform workers long denied basic labour rights.

The Asia-Pacific region remains one of the world's most challenging environments for working people, maintaining its position as the second-worst region globally for workers' rights.

Last week, a Hong Kong court concluded the final arguments in the national security trial against Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, both former organisers of the annual vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

ITUC-Asia Pacific welcomes the historic Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which definitively confirms that the right to strike is legally protected under International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 87 on Freedom of Association and the Protection of the Right to Organise.