Brussels, 25 January 2018 (ITUC OnLine):  Trust in the rule of law in Brazil suffered a severe blow on Wednesday as an appeal court failed to provide former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva with a fair trial. The court ignored all evidence of Lula´s innocence and proceeded to uphold a sentence handed by a lower court, increasing it to more than 12 years.

Lula´s popularity and chances of winning this year´s presidential election is seen as a key factor in the appeal court´s decision.

In 2017, UNI gave an intervention at the OECD conference "AI: Intelligent Machines, Smart Policies". The OECD has now linked to our work and published it on the OECD Forum.

In support of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s impassioned plea for gender parity, UNI General Secretary Philip Jennings reiterated the longstanding support of the labour movement for gender equality.

In an interview with CNBC Africa, UNI Global Union General Secretary Philip Jennings demanded that Davos find a cure for the world’s wealth distribution disease.