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19 May, 2008
The Council of Global Unions, the coordinating body for most of the 11 Global Union Federations, as well as the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Trade Union Advisory Committee of OECD, has launched a new website, www.global-unions.org.
The site will rely on RSS feeds from the representative global bodies and will provide relevant data and timely calls for action on issues concerning global trade unions. The site was launched on 1 May, and in the coming weeks will be further updated to include features.
The website was a creation of a global union communicators’ task force, and had the technical expertise of the ITUC’s Alex Gomes in design and innovation. Aidan White, General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, chaired the task force.
Education International GS Fred Van Leeuwen
“The website is just the latest way to improve how we talk to the world," stated Fred Van Leeuwen, General Secretary of Education International, who is also chairman of the Council of Global Unions. “Global-unions.org is the new starting point for anyone, anywhere, who works and is looking to someone in fight in their corner.”