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Global dispatches

UCU has a strong tradition of taking up issues at international and European level where they affect members' professional lives, and also working with partner organisations on solidarity and international development issues identified by the membership through UCU's democratic structures.

  • 7 July 2023

    Selma Atabey, the former co-chair of SES (Health and Social Care Workers Union of Turkey), was released on 5 June after almost one year in prison. UCU was part…

  • 10 March 2023

    The Trades Union Congress (TUC) have launched a new fundraising initiative to provide practical support to trade unionists in Ukraine. The solidarity fund will…

  • 18 October 2022

    The brutal crackdown on peaceful protests by Iranian authorities has been strongly condemned by UCU. The crackdown has included the killing of children and violent…

  • 3 February 2022

    UCU has written to the Iranian ambassador calling for the release of union leaders Esmail Abdi and Mohammad Taghi Fallahi. H.E. Mr. Mohsen Baharvand Ambassador…

  • 14 October 2021

    The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) - the global voice of the world's working people - has issued a statement regarding the increased attacks on…