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ISCOS
The Istituto Sindacale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo (''ISCOS; The Trade Unions Institute for Development Co-operation'') is an Italian NGO(Non-Governmental Organisation) promoted in 1983 by Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions, CISL. The Institute is engaged in the international co-operation programs that implement projects in the fields of human and worker rights and socio-economic development. One of its main objectives is to promote solidarity among Italian workers and the workers from Developing Countries, in order to achieve peace, democracy and the respect of human rights. The projects are implemented in some of the poorest countries in the world by ISCOS in partnership with the local trade unions organisations, in order to avoid the negative impact of external models on the local society. Today ISCOS is engaged on two closely linked sides: the activities directly related to international co-operation projects, and the campaign for increasing awareness, in It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Confederation Of Workers' Trade Unions
The Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori (''CISL''; ''Italian Confederation of Trade Unions'') is an Italian trade union association representing various Catholic–inspired groups linked with Christian Democracy. It was founded on 30 April 1950, when Catholics in the Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL) left after they clashed with the communists on the issue of a general strike provoked by the latter. Like the French '' Force Ouvrière'' (FO) union, it received financial support from Irving Brown, leader of the international relations of the US AFL–CIO and a CIA contractee.The Most Dangerous Man '''', 17 March 1952. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |