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TUAC has criticised the OECD’s new report on structural reforms, Foundations for Growth and Competitiveness 2026 (F4GC), for ignoring the interplay between demand, inequality and growth. Published on 9 April, F4GC replaces the long-standing Going for Growth series (2007–2023, G4G) and aims ...

Trade unions sounded the alarm at the OECD Steel Committee meeting in Paris on 23–24 March 2026, warning that growing global imbalances in the steel sector are putting jobs, industrial capacity and entire regions at risk. Leading a large trade union delegation at the meeting, TUAC, industriALL ...

The looming energy crisis shows that state-owned enterprises are indispensable instruments for tackling energy poverty, advancing just transition, and reducing inequality – and OECD governance frameworks must reflect this, TUAC argued at the OECD Working Party on State Owned Enterprises and ...

TUAC challenges the OECD’s macroeconomic response to the war in Iran, warning that the Interim Economic Outlook published on 26 March repeats the mistakes of the recent cost-of-living crisis by leaning on central banks to manage a supply-side shock that monetary policy cannot fix.  The ...

The Labour 20 (L20) group of unions has warned that the agenda emerging under the United States’ G20 Presidency risks increasing inequalities and undermining democracy and workers’ rights. ...

Trade unions have long called for active industrial policy to create quality jobs and sustainable growth. With industrial policy at the centre of this year’s OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM), TUAC is pressing to ensure it delivers for workers.   The annual pre-MCM consultation in ...

Workers’ wages in half of OECD countries have yet to recover the ground lost since 2021, at the start of the post-pandemic inflation surge, according to the latest OECD Wage Bulletin published today. In 19 out of 37 countries analysed, real wages remain below their 2021 levels – ...

Trade unions welcome Indonesia’s development of mandatory human rights due diligence (HRDD) legislation as an important step forward for workers’ rights, while insisting on genuine union participation in shaping and implementing the new framework. On 2 February, President Prabowo ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct. To celebrate this milestone, TUAC is launching a series of webinars and articles exploring the Guidelines’ origins, evolution and future. The first webinar will feature ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling  on the 20th of February to strike down sweeping emergency tariffs – only for new ones to be imposed by the White House within hours – is the latest episode in a year of sharply rising trade tensions that have fractured economic ties between longstanding partners ...

The OECD has today published its Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible AI, a piece of work that TUAC supported from the outset but which ultimately fails to deliver on its potential. AI development and deployment presents a wide range of risks for workers, raising new issues for ...

TUAC joined Croatian trade unionists, government and OECD representatives in Zagreb this week to address the challenges facing workers amid the digital and green transitions, as Croatia approaches OECD membership. The conference, organised by the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia ...