HIV/AIDS

The salient reference for any focus on HIV/AIDS and the world of work is that unlike other disease, HIV/AIDS affects the most productive in the population, namely the labour force. The ITUC is convinced that the workplace is a key battleground in the struggle against the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The employers’ and workers’ organisations have a specific role in promoting and supporting national and international efforts on HIV/AIDS in and through the world of work. And the workplace has a role in securing a non-discriminatory environment for people living with HIV. (...)

The ITUC works on HIV/AIDS on the global as well as on the regional level. Also, it coordinates the Global Unions AIDS Program, the initiative of Global Unions aimed at strengthening common trade union HIV/AIDS advocacy efforts and working with partners at the international level.