World leaders are gathering in Hong Kong for the 6th Ministerial Conference from 13-18 December 2005. They will put all their effort into securing momentum for a world trade deal in 2006. But will such a deal, if it is struck, benefit the workers of the world? The stakes are high. Global trade rules are impacting more and more on our everyday lives. They are negotiated and agreed by governments at the WTO, where workers have no voice. So far, that is.

In Hong Kong, hundreds of trade unionist are watching their governments over the shoulder to make the voice of the worlds' workers heard. As the trade union representing 145 million workers throughout the world, the ICFTU is playing a lead role in this. Workers' Voice @ WTO will bring you daily updates, report on the protests and events organised by trade unions and our civil society partners to coincide with the meeting. Through our blog, we will bring you a fly on the wall account of how the negotiations progress or break down.