Accustomed to
denounce the abuses committed everywhere in the world at the expense
of workers, the
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has this time came
under the fire of criticism. Since several months, the trade union
organization backed on to the International Labour Organization (ILO)
is increasingly contested. Mandated to assist unions and orchestrate
awareness campaigns worldwide for respect for worker’s rights, the
ITUC has built strong hostility from some governments.
Recently, the
vice president of the ITUC-CSI, G. Sanjeeva Reddy, also a former
minister, criticized
the methods and practices within the trade union confederation.
G. Sanjeeva Reddy was surprised financial resources deployed by the
ITUC-CSI to put his country in the dock and sabotage at the same time
a negotiation process at the national level between the government
and unions. A protest accompanied by accusations against companies
and agents paid by the ITUC to conduct its communication campaigns.
Charges with a
little more information came across internet in recent weeks, but
anonymously. Main targets being Australian
Sharan Burrow, ITUC general secretary and his closest
collaborators, who orchestrated media campaigns that were extremely
effective but also extreme costly. Attention is particularly drawn to
the case of an employee who was also paid in respect of his company
for telling lie against his working conditions, concerning
communication in the media and on social networks.
One of the last
campaigns of the ITUC-CSI was against Qatar and FIFA. The trade union
confederation has produced a damning report in which it denounced the
situation of workers employed on the site of the World Cup 2022
Football. For Sharan Burrow, this workforce is "tantamount to
modern slavery”. The campaigns of the ITUC-CSI for Qatar result
from a choice clearly expressed by the ILO policy office has found it
necessary to make a focus on the situation of workers in this
country. However, voices continue to rise behind the scenes to be
surprised by the difference in treatment between Qatar and other Gulf
monarchies.
Why did not she
ITUC expressed the same zeal to denounce the treatment of workers in
Saudi Arabia? Can we know? These repeated attacks are not surprising
Burrow. "We are the target for several months of a
disinformation campaign based on dissemination of false documents.
This is intended to divert attention from the situation of workers in
Qatar, "said the general secretary of the ITUC.
Source:
Tribune deGeneve (TDG), Switzerland
