Maria Tsirantonaki

Policy Advisor, Equality department, International Trade Union Confederation @ituc

[ITUC @ituc]

Every day, millions are caring for children, elders, and vulnerable people.
Yet their work is too often invisible, undervalued & unpaid. 💔

💜 Care is a human right.
It’s time to treat it that way.

📢 We’re calling on governments to:
💰 Invest 5% of GDP in the care economy
👩⚕️ Create millions of decent jobs, mostly for women
⚖️ Close the gender pay gap
🌍 Ensure universal access to care services

💡 Care is the backbone of healthy, inclusive societies.
When we invest in care, we invest in people. 💪👨👩👧👦

🗓️ 29 October – International Day for Care and Support
🔗 https://t.co/0OnTsorY1a

#InvestInCare #Care2025

[ITUC @ituc]

🚨 New Report Out Now! 🚨
"Trade Unions Advancing the Care Agenda" spotlights how unions in 🇦🇺 Australia, 🇨🇱 Chile & 🇵🇭 the Philippines are transforming the care economy.

💜 From wage wins 💰 to universal care access 🧑⚕️, unions are making care work visible, valued & protected.

📣 What they’re demanding:
✅ Recognise care as a human right
✅ Invest in public care systems
✅ Ensure decent work & fair pay
✅ Promote gender equality at home & at work

🌍 These real-world wins show the power of collective action to build a future that truly cares.

📖 Read the full report 👉 https://t.co/VW7SfWmxMZ
🗓️ Learn more about the International Day for Care and Support 👉 https://t.co/0OnTsorY1a

#Care2025 #InvestInCare

[ITUC @ituc]

Australia’s unions are leading the way! 🇦🇺

The ACTU’s National Care Compact calls for secure jobs, fair pay and quality care for all. Investing in care means more decent work, gender equality and stronger communities. 💜👩⚕️👨👩👧👦

📖 Read the full report 👉 https://t.co/VW7SfWmxMZ
🗓️ Learn more about the International Day for Care and Support 👉 https://t.co/0OnTsorY1a

#Care2025 #CareEconomy #InvestInCare #Australia
@unionsaustralia @itucasiapacific

[CSA-TUCA @CSA_TUCA]

🌿 Hacer de los Cuidados una Agenda Política
🌎📢 En este 29 de octubre, Día Internacional del Cuidado y la Asistencia, desde la CSA, reafirmamos: "sin cuidados no hay vida, sin derechos no hay justicia, y sin igualdad no hay democracia".
🔗https://t.co/M79t5wiaaE

[International Labour Organization @ilo]

Care work is real work.

It's time to value those who care 🤍

#CareWork #InvestInCare #DecentWork

[ITUC @ituc]

📢Trade unions in Germany🇩🇪 are taking a stand against the #FarRight!
As the #AfD rises in the polls ahead of the 23 Feb vote, unions are mobilising in the streets and workplaces to defend democracy and solidarity.
➡️https://t.co/gJM8gHcvag
✊ #ForDemocracy #NoPasaran #NeverAgain #StopFascism
@luc_triangle @manzieric65 @jordaniaurena04 @dgb_news @etuc_ces @equaltimes

[EPIC2030 @epic2030]

Dear #EPIC members, thank you for your presence and commitment, which made the 2024 #EPIC Technical Meeting in Paris a resounding success!✨We hope you left inspired, with valuable insights and meaningful connections. 🌍🌟 @OECD @ilo @UN_Women

[LGBTI Workers @lgbtiworkers]

📣 “The inspiration to push for the ratification of @ilo's C190 in my country,” was the repeated takeaway from participants at the Convention 190 training session we held in Cape Town, South Africa. Find out more 👇🏿#LGBTIWorkers https://t.co/YbxIhUKJ1f

[ITUC @ituc]

⚠️TODAY⚠️
⏰13H CET
🎥ITUC Global Meeting on #PlatformEconomy & Young workers

✍️Register here: https://t.co/KmjZaJmg7J

[ITUC @ituc]

🗓️18 & 19 November 2024
⏰13.00 – 16.00 CET
🎥ITUC Global Meeting on #PlatformEconomy & Young workers

🌍This virtual event dives into key issues for young platform workers worldwide: decent work, challenges, and opportunities. Insights shared here will shape trade union positions at the ILC in 2025.

✍️Register here for the 18 of Nov: https://t.co/m1YoYQKxjD

✍️Register here for the 19 of Nov: https://t.co/TYApu8h9kc

[ITUC @ituc]

🌍✊🏳️‍🌈 At the @ILGAWORLD Pre-Conference (Nov 11), global unions united against anti-LGBTI backlash in “Fighting the Global Anti-LGBTI Backlash” panel!

Speakers, including @JordaniaUrena04 from ITUC, shared challenges & wins in building #LGBTI rights and equality within the trade union movement. 🗣️💪

Together, we're advancing inclusion and solidarity across borders. 🌈🤝 #LGBTIWorkers #UnionStrong

Find out more: https://t.co/JfAUbBAI1e

[LGBTI Workers @lgbtiworkers]

✊🏿 En tiempos de represión, la unidad, la resistencia y la solidaridad son fundamentales para proteger los derechos LGTBI e impulsar el cambio político hacia un mundo libre de discriminación. Más information sobre la Preconferencia sindical #LGBTIWorkers https://t.co/bFGX0Xn6eG

[LGBTI Workers @lgbtiworkers]

📣🌈 Las federaciones sindicales Global Unions reunirán a sindicalistas LGTBI de todo el mundo para fortalecer el apoyo a lxs trabajadorxs LGTBI en vísperas de la Conferencia Mundial de @ILGAWorld. #LGBTIWorkers
📅 11 de noviembre
📍Ciudad del Cabo
➡️ https://t.co/9AbQIjSU1O

[Solidarity Center @SolidarityCntr]

Sister Sisanda has provided care for expecting & new mothers in her community for nearly 20 years, but it wasn’t until 2021 that her job was recognized as permanent work by South Africa’s government. 🧵

#InvestInCare
#DayofCare

[ITUC @ituc]

📌International Day for Care and Support - 29 October #Care2024

🏡 🇺🇸As demand for US home care grows, the sector remains underfunded and undervalued, with roots in historic injustices. Immigrant women of color, central to this workforce, are pushing for fair wages, labor rights, and union support 📢#InvestInCare @AFLCIO

🗞️@equaltimes: https://t.co/jKX5z182Rd

📰@ituc: https://t.co/AD0ZloA8yI

[ITUC @ituc]

On the International Day for Care and Support, 29 October, the ITUC calls on governments to recognize care as a human right, which includes the right to provide care, to receive care and to self-care, and a public good. #Care2024 #InvestInCare

👉 https://t.co/LImzQ8XcXO

[ITUC @ituc]

🎥Trade unions in action: #EqualPay for work of equal value

🗣️"In #Brazil, we are also organising ourselves, organising the working women and all the working class around the national care plan, because we understand that in addition to wage equality, care is an obstacle for many women to enter the labour market" Amanda G. Corsino @CUT_Brasil

📺Watch the full webinar: https://t.co/Xj9qSxpJkb

[ITUC @ituc]

🎥Trade unions in action: #EqualPay for work of equal value

🗣️"As a result of a labor reform in #Spain that ends with the reform of the right, at this moment, we have more women active at work than ever" Carolina V. López @CCOO

📺Watch the full webinar: https://t.co/Rs2JZRuTtV

[ITUC @ituc]

📌International Day for Care and Support - 29 October #Care2024

The trade union movement is calling to📢
⚕️Recognise care as a #HumanRight
💰#InvestInCare
⚖️Adoption of care policies
👩🏾‍⚕️#DecentWork for all #CareWorkers

👉 https://t.co/HBisExC3Wv #Care2024

[ITUC @ituc]

🎥Trade unions in action: #EqualPay for work of equal value

🗣️"In the #Philippines, women only make up 78% of what men do which indicates a large #PayGap that has to be addressed" Gigi M. Mathay @TUCPLaborCenter

📺Watch the full webinar: https://t.co/tIGU278EKN