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Version française ci-dessous Yesterday, took place the official consultations of the two institutional advisory bodies to the OECD, the TUAC and Business at OECD on the upcoming OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM). The MCM is usually held end of May, early June.. Given the exceptional ...

Version française ci-dessous Yesterday, took place the official consultations of the two institutional advisory bodies to the OECD, the TUAC and Business at OECD on the upcoming OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM). The MCM is usually held end of May, early June.. Given the exceptional ...

(Version française ci-dessous) At its recent plenary, the TUAC adopted a resolution commenting on the dire situation in Colombia, condemning the violence against trade unionists and calling on Colombia to ensure the implementation of the OECD “post-accession monitoring framework”. The recent ...

(Version française ci-dessous) On the occasion of the OECD Ministerial held for the handover of leadership between Angel Gurria and Mathias Cormann as Secretary General and the release of the OECD Economic Outlook report on the Covid-19 crisis, the TUAC held its Plenary meeting to bring core trade ...

(Version française ci-dessous) On the occasion of the OECD Ministerial held for the handover of leadership between Angel Gurria and Mathias Cormann as Secretary General and the release of the OECD Economic Outlook report on the Covid-19 crisis, the TUAC held its Plenary meeting to bring core trade ...

(Version française ci-dessous) The OECD is holding its 2021 Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) on 31 May – 1 June 2021, focussing “Shared Values: Building a Green and Inclusive Future”. On 28 May, the TUAC Plenary chaired by Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO and President of the TUAC, ...

The TUAC stands in solidarity with the Colombian trade unions and the democratic forces of civil society in reaction to the recent violent crackdown by the Colombian authorities against the mass opposition and demonstrations against a planned tax reform. As reported by the ITUC, more than 1,089 ...

On Monday 15 March the OECD Council appointed Mathias Cormann as the next Secretary-General of the OECD for a period of 5 years, starting 1 June 2021. He is the first OECD lead heading from Asia Pacific. The TUAC looks forward to a constructive dialogue with the new Secretary General to deepen and ...

The OECD is about to embark on a new path as it selects its next Secretary General and drafts a vision statement for the decade to come. This is a decisive moment as the organisation could continue to develop its leadership on inclusive and sustainable growth, or fall back to a ‘growth at all ...

John Joseph Sweeney who served as President of AFL-CIO from 1995-2009 and TUAC President from 2000-2010 died yesterday at the age of 86 years. Born in the Bronx, New York, as a son of Irish immigrants in 1934, he was from a young age committed to trade unionism and the needs of working people. John ...

Today on 16 December, the TUAC met with OECD Ambassadors and the OECD Secretary General at the annual TUAC-OECD Liaison Committee Meeting (LCM). This year the meeting took place virtually in the shadow of the Covid-19 crisis and the upcoming the leadership transition  at  the OECD in 2021, ...

Today on 16 December, the TUAC met with OECD Ambassadors and the OECD Secretary General at the annual TUAC-OECD Liaison Committee Meeting (LCM). This year the meeting took place virtually in the shadow of the Covid-19 crisis and the upcoming the leadership transition  at  the OECD in 2021, ...