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The Paris Agreement calls a just transition of the workforce an “imperative” – and a new TUAC policy brief, Responsible Business Conduct for a Just Transition, published today, gives workers and their unions concrete guidance to negotiate one at company level. It shows how the OECD ...

TUAC questions the description of a “resilient” global economy in the OECD’s Interim Economic Outlook, published on 23 September, warning that headline growth hides a narrower, less equal picture: investment is piling into AI while workers’ real incomes face renewed ...

TUAC called for human agency and workers’ voice to be at the heart of AI development and deployment at the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s (IHREC) annual conference “Together Rising: Challenging Inequality, Countering Hate” in Dublin on 10 September. Legislation and ...

The latest PISA results expose a mounting crisis in education across the OECD, with student performance at its lowest recorded levels in science, reading and mathematics. TUAC calls on governments to invest in quality public education, reject the false promise that AI tools can substitute for ...

TUAC called for a shift in approach to AI transformation at this week’s Nordic-Baltic PIAAC Conference on adult skills in Jyväskylä, Finland, stressing that retraining will not be enough to address the economic disruption that likely lies ahead: governments also need to ...

TUAC called on policy makers to put care workers at the centre of technology decisions in healthcare at the OECD Forum on Gender Equality, held in Paris on 8–9 July. In a session on digital technologies, data and the future of the care economy, trade unions warned that new tools are no quick fix ...

Workers’ rights across Latin America and the Caribbean are in alarming decline. At the Ministerial Dialogue in Madrid on 1 July, TUAC challenged governments to ensure the OECD’s Regional Programme becomes a genuine force for protecting workers and tackling inequality.  Trade unions ...

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 ...

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 – ...

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 ...

The Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), a TUAC affiliate, filed a complaint with the Canadian National Contact Point (NCP) in November 2025 against Amazon Canada Fulfillment Services under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, with the support of Oxfam. Amazon had closed all ...

G7 labour ministers met on 9 June on the sidelines of the International Labour Conference to discuss coordinated responses to critical challenges including the development of artificial intelligence, extreme weather events, and decent work deficits in critical minerals supply chains. The Labour 7 ...