Employment Outlook 2026: low unemployment masks deepening challenges for workers
The average unemployment rate across the OECD remains at a low of 4.9% in May 2026, according to the latest OECD Employment Outlook. TUAC warns that this apparent strength masks deeper challenges for workers. Signs of cooling are already emerging: unemployment rates are ticking up in many ...
Closing the implementation gap: TUAC at 50 years of the OECD Guidelines
Fifty years after governments committed to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, trade unions are making concrete and urgent demands to strengthen them. At the Anniversary Week on Responsible Business Conduct, the TUAC delegation – with delegates from the Americas and Europe – ...
Employment protection works: new TUAC brief challenges the case for deregulation
TUAC has published a comprehensive policy brief dismantling the resurgent push for labour market deregulation across the OECD, marshalling a wide body of evidence, including the OECD’s own research, to contest the claim that weakening employment protection delivers growth. Trade unions argue ...
