Article: International confederation of free trade unions (ICFTU) -- Trade union rights and access to medicines -- the deal breakers for the WTO Doha Conference.

M2 PRESSWIRE-8 November 2001-ICFTU: International confederation of free trade unions (ICFTU) -- Trade union rights and access to medicines -- the deal breakers for the WTO Doha Conference

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Brussels -- "The absence of effective references to workers' rights at the WTO meeting in Doha is creating a crisis in world trade negotiations," Bill Jordan, General Secretary of the ICFTU said from Doha, where he is leading a trade union delegation to the 4th Ministerial Conference of the WTO.

"Our patience is running thin - yet the present draft Resolution is a step backwards for the ...

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