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Ahead of the OECD’s influential annual Economic Outlook, to be published on 7 June, the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) urges the OECD to make policy recommendations for: An immediate standstill on raising interest rates The public sector to stabilise the economy and avoid ...

On the first anniversary of the inauguration of President Yoon, the Council of Global Unions, representing 200 million workers around the world expresses deep concern on the recent attacks, judicial harassment, and interference against the legitimate activities of trade unions and the rights of ...

Trade unions took an active part in consultations on the OECD Ministerial Council meeting due to take place on 7-8 June. The OECD Ministerial Council is expected to adopt new OECD Guidelines for multi-national companies on responsible business conduct, discuss economic policies “for resilient, ...

ILO Conventions 155 and 187 are classified as fundamental conventions – meaning that they are considered fundamental principles and basic rights, like the elimination of child and forced labour. Despite their importance, neither convention has been ratified by 11 OECD countries! No G7 country – ...

Climate change calls for a historic transition to a low-carbon economy. Phasing out fossil fuels in favour of green energy is a major feature of that climate action, and that is estimated to require ten times more electric vehicles & battery storage. This in turn depends on a ...

The working paper from OECD’s Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity Centre (WISE) that was released on 24 April 2023 compares the different methodologies that are being used to calculate a living wage, in other words a wage that allows workers to reach a basic decent ...

G7 Employment and Labour Ministers met in Kurashiki, Japan, on 22-23 April 2023 to negotiate and adopt the Declaration ‘Investing in Human Capital’. In a context of high geopolitical uncertainty, the cost-of-living crisis, and a global economic slowdown affecting millions of workers, it is ...

The CGU, on behalf of the 200 million workers around the world we represent, expresses its unwavering solidarity with Elizabeth Tang, General Secretary of the International Domestic Workers’ Federation (IDWF), who has been subjected to alleged charges of collusion and arrest by the Hong ...

The OECD recently published its interim report on the economic outlook, expecting economic growth to gradually recover from the negative shocks suffered over the last year. A closer analysis of the interim report  by TUAC reveals that, two years after the pandemic, OECD economies are still ...

Labour 7 urges the G7 to support wage increases and access to social protection Trade unions from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and USA met in Tokyo yesterday and today, ahead of the G7 Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting to present their concerns and proposals to the Japanese ...

The cost-of-living crisis is hitting workers hard. Wages are having a hard even impossible time in trying to catch up with inflation. Real wages are falling across all OECD countries. Hiding behind the cost-of-living crisis is a deeper story. It is the story of businesses using shocks in energy and ...

Trade unions representing millions of workers took part in discussions with the OECD on responsible business conduct on 27-28 March. Union officials from eleven OECD countries and global union federations representing workers in transportation, manufacturing, mining, infrastructure and construction ...