Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU-K)

Labour Relation Amendment Bill 2019.
Sis Rose Omamo addressing Informal Workers during the signing of MOU.
Establishing Working Relations between COTU(K) Affiliates and Informal Workers Associations.
Report of the 42nd Session of the OATUU General Council 2019.
Hon. Raila A. Odinga delivering his speech at the 42nd Session of OATUU General Council.
Bro. Kwasi Adu- Amankwah Remarks at the 42nd Session of the OATUU General Council.

Labour Relation Amendment Bill 2019.

November 18, 2019

Is Labour Relations Amendment Bill 2019 draconian? COTU vows to fight it ‘with every breath’ Labour Relations Act (2007) Amendment Bill was introduced in Parliament on April 24, 2019 by Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa. And its passage will be an injury to labour unions. The labour movement has now intensified pressure on Parliament to reject […]

Establishing Working Relations between COTU(K) Affiliates and Informal Workers Associations.

October 29, 2019

JOINT COMMUNIQUE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING RELATIONS BETWEEN CENTRAL ORGANISATION OF TRADE UNIONS (KENYA) AFFILIATES AND INFORMAL WORKER ASSOCIATIONS 29TH OCTOBER 2019 For along time, the trade union movement in Kenya has been organizing workers in the formal sector. However with shrinking unemployment in the formal sector and the increase in employment opportunities in […]

Report of the 42nd Session of the OATUU General Council 2019.

Prof. P.L.O – Lumumba Presenting on ‘Corruption in Africa’ at the OATUU General Council.

Sis Rose Omamo addressing Informal Workers during the signing of MOU.

October 29, 2019

It is on this basis that the three COTU(K) affiliates with the support from Solidarity Center (AFL-CIO), embarked on a project to organize informal workers in Nairobi. Today marks the begining and success of this long journey.The COTU(K) Affiliates have managed to organise 5,600 informal workers and finally signed Memorandum of Understanding ((MOU) with their […]

Hon. Raila A. Odinga delivering his speech at the 42nd Session of OATUU General Council.

Bro. Kwasi Adu- Amankwah Remarks at the 42nd Session of the OATUU General Council.

New ILO Standard on Violence and Harassment.

June 25, 2019

The Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019, and Violence and Harassment Recommendation, 2019 , were adopted by delegates on the final day of the Centenary International Labour Conference, in Geneva. For the Convention, 439 votes were cast in favour, seven against, with 30 abstentions. The Recommendation was passed with 397 votes in favour, 12 votes against […]