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A report by the OECD on trust in Government and safeguarding democracy – launched today – analyses recent public opinion surveys carried out by the OECD, contains much useful information and makes a series of recommendations to build, strengthen and protect democracy. The OECD’s ...

The OECD has today published a report on long-term care workforce, highlighting low pay and poor working conditions, and makes a number of recommendations to reduce staff shortages and high staff turnover in the sector. The ‘Beyond Applause’ report finds that across OECD countries Care workers ...

Securing a resilient future: shared values and global partnerships The 2023 OECD Ministerial Council meeting statement The Ministerial Council meeting (MCM) statement mentions and renews commitments in relation to OECD core values, and many of the current challenges facing OECD countries today. ...

The Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East (jointly, WGA) have been on strike since 2 May. Our brothers and sisters are fighting for the future of writing and for the ability to develop and sustain careers in the entertainment industry in the face of the pressures of ...

Governments adopted revised guidelines for multinational enterprises (MNE Guidelines) at the annual OECD Ministerial Council meeting today in Paris. The updated MNE guidelines give unions new leverage for workers’ rights in developing as well as developed countries. TUAC, its member unions and ...

The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) mourns the loss of William Spriggs – known to us as Bill. Tributes from President Biden and many others salute his outstanding contribution to racial and economic equality and to his personal as well as professional and academic ...

The OECD’s Economic Outlook 2023 offers a quality analysis of the many risks facing the global economy today but supports controversial recommendations that will weaken the economy and widen inequality warn trade unions. The OECD forecasts continuing economic slowdown throughout 2023 and an ...

Economic Policy for a Just Transition – TUAC statement for the annual OECD Ministerial Council Meeting 2023 ...

Trade unionism is not a crime! Trade unionism is not extremism! Repression of free trade unions in Belarus over the past decades culminated in 2022 with the dissolution of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (BKDP) and its affiliates and arrests, with the detention of more than 40 ...

Interview with Larry Flanagan, new chair of TUAC’s Education and Skills Working Group. Question Why do you think it is important for trade unions to follow and engage with the work of the OECD in education and skills? Larry Flanagan The OECD is a highly influential body in terms of education ...

G7 leaders met in Hiroshima to adopt a joint communiqué reaffirming their support to Ukraine as well as their commitment to peace and to the principles of the UN Charter. Heads of State or Government of Japan, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and United States as well as ...

Japan hosts the G7 Summit of the Leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, USA and the EU – on 19-21 May in Hiroshima with ‘economic resilience and security’ high on the agenda. Leaders will meet in times of high geopolitical uncertainty and in global economic slowdown, and rising ...