Guy Ryder, general secretary, International Trade Union Confederation, on Friday acknowledged that trade unions had not moved fast enough to keep pace with globalisation, which was driven by business. This also explained why the IT and related sectors had been left out of the

purview of trade union activities.

Ryder, who was briefing newsmen immediately after the formation of the new trade union body, ITUC - AP in association with Asia Pacific Regional Organisation, said the trade union activists were not against the redistribution of labour .This, he said, was perfectly normal.

The unions, however, wanted

to manage the process of change in the IT, financial and related sectors, which were witnessing this new phenomenon, to help the workers.

similarly, he said trade unions had not penetrated the IT and financial sectors. This was posing a major challenge to them, more so as the workers in these areas did not have collective representation.

Accordingly, he reiterated that no sector whether IT, garment or financial should be beyond the trade unions' fold.

Likewise, he admitted that trade unions had failed in moving fast enough to ensure the welfare of the workers when jobs shifted from the developed countries to the developing ones including those in China.