Media Advisory - Opening Press Conference - Now the People -- From the Crisis
to Global Justice
Second World Congress of the International Trade Union Confederation
21 - 25 June 2010 Vancouver Convention Centre 1055 Canada Place Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
VANCOUVER, June 19 /CNW/ -
What? - Press conference - opening of second International Trade Union Confederation World Congress - The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) regroups 315 trade union national centers in 155 countries, representing 176 million workers worldwide. - Trade union delegates from around the world, including many developing countries, discuss trade union priorities for next few years - VIP speakers and panelists, including Dominique Strauss Kahn (IMF), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), Pascal Lamy (WTO) When? - Monday, June 21, 8.30am Where? - Vancouver Convention Centre - Ballroom A, 1st floor Who? - ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder (bio: http://www.ituc-csi.org/+-about-us-+.html ) - ITUC President Sharan Burrow - Canadian Labour Congress President Ken Georgetti (Congress host) Why is this important? - The theme of the congress is "Now the People: From Crisis to Global Justice." The Congress will discuss a number of issues critical to the global labour movement, including: - labour's demands for restructuring and reform of the global economy with an emphasis on workers' rights - migrant workers - climate change and green jobs - HIV-AIDS - Election of a new ITUC General Secretary - VIP Speakers and panelists expected at the Congress include - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (June 22) - Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organization (June 22) - Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (June 22) - Christina Kirchner, President of Argentina (speaking time tbc) - One thousand delegates representing the whole ITUC membership will be present. Half the delegates are expected to be from developing countries on all continents, including Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico and Burma - countries where labour rights are regularly flouted, and trade unionists killed for exercising their rights to freedom of association - A number of labour leaders involved in the June 2010 ITUC Congress will also participate at meetings with G8 and G20 political leaders in Ontario immediately following the ITUC Congress. For more details, please refer to - Congress website: http://www.ituc-csi.org/+-congress-+.html - Draft Congress program: http://tinyurl.com/ITUC-WC-programmeEN
Media accreditation for the Congress available on-site, or online here: http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?page=congresspressreg
For further information: ITUC Press Officer Mathieu Debroux (in Vancouver), tel: + 604 830 7704 or e-mail: [email protected]
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