I T U C R e p o R T

I T U C , I n t  r n a t i  n a l T r a d  U n i  n C  n f  d  r a t i  n S   t  m b  r 2 0 0 9

Jobs - the Path toRecovery

How employment is centralto ending the global crisis

The International Trade Union Conederation (ITUC) represents 170 million work-ers, 40 percent o whom are women, in 157 countries and territories and has 312national aliates.The ITUC is a conederation o national trade union centres, each o which linkstogether the trade unions o that particular country. Membership is open to alldemocratic, independent and representative national trade union centres.The ITUC’s primary mission is the promotion and deence o workers’ rights and in-terests, through international cooperation between trade unions, global campaigningand advocacy within the major global institutions. Its main areas o activity includetrade union and human rights, the economy, society and the workplace, equality andnon-discrimination as well as international solidarity. The ITUC adheres to the princi-ples o trade union democracy and independence, as set out in its Constitution._ITUC5 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, Bte 11210 BrusselsBelgiumPhone: +32 (0)2 224 0211Fax: +32 (0)2 201 5815E-mail: mailto:ino@ituc-csi.orgwww.ituc-csi.org

Front page photo:The crisis stopped almost everything in Ukraine during the beginning o 2009. Most o the work-ers were sent home without salaries and many who could keep working, such as the bricklayers onthe cement actory Doncement in eastern Ukraine, have been orced to accept at least a 50 percentdecrease in pay.© Photo: Anders Lindh or Byggnads (the Swedish Building Workers´ Union), Sweden.