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The reconstruction of Ukraine, the need to pay workers fairly amid the cost-of-living crisis and preparing clear socially just and inclusive plans for decarbonising the steel sector were issues raised by trade unions TUAC, IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll Europe at the OECD Steel ...

For the first time ever, and as a result of trade unions’ long-standing engagement, the UN’s Convention on Climate Change process includes this year a “Just Transition Work Programme” to be discussed at COP28 in Dubai (30 November to 12 December). A small delegation of trade unionists, led ...

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

TUAC, IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll Europe call on the OECD Steel Committee to take action now to ensure that no steelworker is left behind. The Steel Committee acknowledges for the first time the importance of Just Transition. The 92nd session of the OECD Steel Committee on 19-20 ...

(Version française ci-dessous) On 13 October 2021, the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors completed the Fourth and last meeting under the Italian Presidency in 2021. The Communiqué reiterates commitments of previous meetings, including a new structural reform agenda on ...

Version française à la suite   At their meeting on 10-11 July 2021, G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors adopted a Communiqué outlining a number of commitments to engage in structural reforms in light of digitalisation and climate change, and paved the way for reform of the ...

(version française ci-dessous)   “Workers need a just transition to be ready for the green future”. In its new OECD flagship report on the “inequalities-environment nexus”, the OECD is clear and explicit about the need for a Just Transition for workers and the importance of ...

(version française ci-dessous)   “Workers need a just transition to be ready for the green future”. In its new OECD flagship report on the “inequalities-environment nexus”, the OECD is clear and explicit about the need for a Just Transition for workers and the importance of ...

(Version française ci-dessous) The TUAC is calling on the OECD and Member Countries to seize the moment and ensure that the COVID-19 recovery puts the world on track to a more just and sustainable world. On 14 September 2020, the OECD hosted the third Ministerial Council Roundtable focussing on ...

The world is struggling to transition to a zero-carbon economy and fears of automation and sector restructuring grow. At the same time, regional economic and social disparities remain high with income and job opportunities increasingly concentrated in large cities and certain regions. The green and ...

The world is struggling to transition to a zero-carbon economy and fears of automation and sector restructuring grow. At the same time, regional economic and social disparities remain high with income and job opportunities increasingly concentrated in large cities and certain regions. The green and ...

Whilst millions of students and workers gathered on 20 September in demonstrations across the world in an unprecedented call for climate action, the OECD launched a new report, “Accelerating Climate Action – Refocussing Policies through a well-being lens”. The OECD report[1] applies a new ...