{"id":14231,"date":"2024-06-13T10:26:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T08:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&p=14231"},"modified":"2024-06-14T11:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T09:08:26","slug":"ituc-global-rights-index-democratic-values-workers-rights-under-attack","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/ituc-global-rights-index-democratic-values-workers-rights-under-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"ITUC Global Rights Index: Democratic values, workers\u2019 rights under attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ITUC\u2019s Global Rights Index<\/a>, released this week, is an urgent wake-up call that democratic values and fundamental rights are collapsing at an international level.<\/p>\r\n

The report ranks 151 countries against a list of 97 indicators of respect for workers\u2019 rights derived from ILO Conventions and jurisprudence. This year\u2019s edition shows that governments and companies are ramping up efforts to trample the basic rights that underpin the very nature of democracy, such as the right to organize a trade union and collectively bargain.<\/p>\r\n

ITUC General Secretary Luc Triangle<\/strong> said: \u201cFor 11 years now the Index has tracked a rapid decline in workers\u2019 rights in every region of the world. Workers are the beating heart of democracy, and their right to be heard is crucial to the health and sustainability of democratic systems. When their rights are violated, democracy itself is attacked. Democracy, trade unions and workers\u2019 rights go together; you simply cannot have one without the other.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Some key findings include:<\/p>\r\n