
TUAC calls for concrete fixes after French NCP finds Shein in breach of OECD Guidelines
Trade unions welcome the French National Contact Point’s (NCP) critical assessment of Shein’s business practices, demonstrating how the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises can serve as a powerful tool for initiating dialogue and supporting holding corporations to account. The ...

Put people at the core of rulemaking, TUAC urges after new OECD review
While many countries across the OECD are seeking to bolster competitiveness and productivity by simplifying regulations and cutting so-called “red tape”, TUAC warns against the risks of a new wave of outright deregulation which will lower protections for workers, increase inequality and ...

Korean unions triumph in securing landmark labour reforms to protect supply chain workers
TUAC welcomes the groundbreaking amendments to South Korea’s Trade Union and Labour Relations Adjustment Act (TULRAA), which significantly expand workers’ rights and employer accountability across supply chains. Trade unions fought for over two decades to secure these reforms that ...

Trade unions welcome OECD inequality report, but highlight missing link on collective bargaining
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 ...

Interim Economic Outlook: TUAC rejects OECD’s austerity push
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 ...

Trade unions challenge glacial pace of gender pay gap progress
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% ...

OECD Tax Policy Reforms 2025: Revenue Erosion Threatens Public Investment
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 ...

Education at a Glance 2025: Trade Unions Call for Investment and Workforce Protection
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 Summit calls for a New Social Contract to tackle inequality and drive decent work
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: Improving Job Quality Key to Retaining Older Workers in the Labour Market
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 Call for Worker-Focused Economic Reform at OECD Ministerial Council Meeting
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 ...

TUAC Co-Hosts AI Roundtable at MCM, Demands Worker Voice in Technology Governance
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 ...