The international trade-union Confederation (ITUC) informed, on December 15th 2006, that "the president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, announced the Bank's decision that, in the future, projects funded by it would have to fully respect the core labour standards of the International Labour Organization (ILO). (Ref. 061283)
This decision was made public “at a meeting with top international trade-unionists, in Washington”, specifies the CSI. The trade-union delegation was made up of representatives from 35 countries, from all the regions of the world, including organizations affiliated to the ITUC, international trade-union federations and the TUAC (OECD consultative trade union commission). During three days, the trade unionists met with Rodrigo de Rato and Paul Wolfowitz, the executive directors of the IMF and th
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