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A total of 120 trade union leaders from various national centres and affiliates of the Global Unions Federations (GUFs) gathered in a National Symposium to formulate and affirm the position paper of Indonesian trade unions regarding the Job Creation Law and a roadmap for labour law reforms in Indonesia.

ITUC-Asia Pacific and its affiliate the Konfederasaun Sindakatu Timor Leste (KSTL) met with the honourable President Jose Ramos Horta at Nicolau Lobato Presidential Palace on 2 August 2023.

In the tenth-year edition of the Global Rights Index by the International Trade Union Confederation, Asia-Pacific's overall rating showed a marginal improvement this year after a steadily worsening environment for workers’ rights in the past nine years. However, the region still holds the unenviable distinction of being the second worst in the world for the working people.

The ITUC-Asia Pacific strongly condemns the recent police brutality and arrest of union officials during a high-altitude sit-in protest by the POSCO subcontractor union. It urges the government of Korea to immediately release the detained union officials.

The ITUC-Asia Pacific strongly denounces the recent prison sentences imposed on Chhim Sithar, President of the Labor Rights Supported Union (LRSU) of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld, and eight other leaders of the union.

The ITUC-Asia Pacific extends its deepest solidarity and sympathy to the people of Myanmar, particularly the members of the Confederation of Trade Unions, Myanmar (CTUM) and their families, following the devastating impact of Cyclone Mocha

Singapore - The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)-Asia Pacific has adopted a resolution in response to Pakistan's economic and social crisis during its 19th Regional Executive Bureau meeting held on May 11-12, 2023. The resolution calls for urgent and immediate relief measures to help Pakistan, which is on the brink of sovereign default.

During the meeting with the ADB President, Shoya Yoshida, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)-Asia Pacific, emphasized the need for a new social contract based on decent jobs, rights, wages, social protection, inequality, and inclusion to facilitate a just transition from global challenges and revive Asia and the Pacific region.