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Trade unions welcome the OECD’s new report “To Have and Have Not – How to Bridge the Gap in Opportunities”, but warn governments that equal opportunities are not enough to tackle today’s high levels of inequality, and that the report’s framing risks understating the role of systemic ...

The OECD’s latest Interim Economic Outlook, published today, fails to address the urgent needs of workers facing a “double squeeze” from sluggish growth and restrictive monetary policy. Despite the OECD projecting slightly improved global growth for 2025 (revised to 3.2% from ...

The OECD’s latest report on gender equality reveals that significant workplace inequalities endure across OECD and EU countries, with TUAC highlighting critical policy gaps in addressing systemic wage disparities affecting women workers. In 2023, the median full-time working woman earned 11% ...

Governments are undermining their own revenue generation through contradictory tax policies, trade unions warn in response to the OECD’s Tax Policy Reforms 2025 report. The OECD report shows encouraging signs that more countries raised corporate tax rates than cut them for the second ...

Trade unions are calling for increased education investment, strengthened teaching profession support, and expanded support for learners following today’s publication of the OECD’s Education at a Glance 2025, which exposed mounting workforce pressures and persistent educational ...

L20 members met in George, South Africa, on 28-29 July, under the theme: “Fostering Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability through a New Social Contract”. Trade union leaders from G20 countries and beyond, discussed trade union priorities to advance industrial policy and a Just Transition; the ...

TUAC welcomes today’s OECD Employment Outlook and its recognition that job quality is essential for retaining older workers in the labour market. TUAC’s response notes the report’s findings of strong labour markets with record high employment levels and low unemployment across ...

Trade unions engaged directly with OECD governments at the 2025 Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) in Paris this week, advocating for worker-centered approaches to trade, technology, and climate policies amid persistent inequality concerns. TUAC delivered a comprehensive alternative vision in its ...

In the margins of the 2025 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting, TUAC co-hosted the roundtable “AI at Work: Impacts for Productivity and Job Quality” following its 156th Plenary this week. The event, jointly organised with Business at OECD (BIAC), brought together trade union ...

The OECD’s June 2025 Economic Outlook paints a grim picture of a global economy losing steam under mounting trade uncertainty, with growth projections downgraded across most major economies. But for TUAC, the greatest danger lies in the policy choices being made to address it – particularly the ...

Trade unions have welcomed this week’s publication of the OECD’s ‘Fast-tracking Net Zero by Building Climate and Economic Resilience’ Executive Summary for Policymakers’, hailing its inclusion of a dedicated focus on just transition. While embracing this new focus on workers, ...

The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) today hosted the second webinar of its 2025 series, bringing together trade union representatives, researchers, and OECD officials to examine connections between narrowing gender pay gaps and declining opportunities for younger workers. The ...