08 March 2023
Collective bargaining cuts the gender pay gap
On International Women’s Day OECD rightly point to the gender pay gap of over 11% across OECD countries . What they don’t point is fact that collective bargaining – negotiations between unions and employers – reduces the gender pay gap. But other OECD publications do confirm ...
02 March 2023
TUAC joins call to Tunisia to end persecution of trade unions
TUAC calls on the Government of Tunisia, in a joint action with the Global Council of Unions, to end immediately its persecution of trade union leaders and members respect trade union rights and the international conventions ratified by the Tunisian State as well as the provisions of the Tunisian ...
13 February 2023
Unions call on Ministers to support OECD responsible business standards
Ahead of the OECD Ministerial meeting on responsible business conduct on 14-15 February, trade unions call on Ministers to empower workers to end poverty pay and unacceptable working conditions. The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) encourages governments to back the updates ...
25 January 2023
The case for increasing minimum wages in OECD countries
A recent OECD publication (‘Minimum wages in times of rising inflation’, December 2022) discusses how minimum wages can help shield the most vulnerable, low-income households from high inflation. Alongside negotiations with and between social partners to protect the purchasing power of a large ...
25 January 2023
Labour 7 urges G7 Leaders to uphold workers’ rights and commit to social justice
Since the economic and financial turmoil of 2007-2009, the world economy has lurched from crisis to crisis. As countries continue to grapple with the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the surge in food, commodity and energy prices following the invasion of Ukraine has led to a cost-of-living ...
13 December 2022
Taming Inflation or Playing with Fire? TUAC’s response to the OECD Economic Outlook
The latest Economic Outlook, Confronting the Crisis, provides a comprehensive and layered picture of the main macroeconomic risks that world economies are facing. The report is objective in characterising the difficult balancing act that governments and central banks need to perform so to contain ...
09 December 2022
Comments on the OECD report “The Public Sector Pay System in Israel” and its political use in Israel
On 21 June 2021, the OECD published a report on “The Public Sector Pay System in Israel”. Therein, the OECD assesses labour relations in the Israeli public sector and delivers fairly radical recommendations for reform, particularly in Chapter 3 on “Improving Labour Relations in Israel’s ...
18 November 2022
Trade unions are concerned by slow G20 progress on climate, debt, and cost-of-living crises
The need for coordinated global action by G20 countries to address the intersecting crises we face is starker than ever. The Indonesian Presidency put critical challenges on the table over the past year and the Leaders’ Summit agreed on some 200 measures the vast majority of which, however, are ...
07 November 2022
OECD Considering Updates to the MNE Guidelines
The latest instalment of the TUAC Series on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises coincides with the OECD initial proposals for targeted updates to its leading standards for responsible business conduct. Briefing #5 | Employment & Industrial Relations updates to the OECD ...
11 October 2022
Job opening at the TUAC (Administrative and Communications Assistant ) / Offre d’emploi au TUAC (Assistant(e) administratif(ve) et communication)
The TUAC Secretariat is looking for a Administrative and Communications Assistant. The Job Description and Terms of Reference are posted here. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is 1st November 2022. ...
04 October 2022
TUAC’s position on the design of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on BEPS, Pillar One
TUAC participated on 12 September to the OECD public consultations on the Progress report on Amount A of Pillar One of the BEPS Inclusive Framework. This chapter of the negotiation addresses the portion of the residual profits of large and highly profitable enterprises (i.e. Amount A), which can be ...
27 September 2022
New OECD Interim Economic Outlook recommendations underestimate the risk of a global recession
OECD Interim Economic Outlook fails to grasp the risks of joint and unprecedented monetary and fiscal tightening The OECD released its Interim Economic Outlook, Paying the Price of War. It projects global growth to go down from 3% in 2022 to 2.2% in 2023, with economic activity in the US (0.5%) and ...
