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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 ...

On 10-12 March 2020, the TUAC Working Group on Economic Policy gathered virtually to discuss key messages and delve deeper into current topics of economic and employment policy, including with OECD Secretariat Directors and senior economists, as well as with the Sherpas of the Italian G20 and ...

On 10-12 March 2020, the TUAC Working Group on Economic Policy gathered virtually to discuss key messages and delve deeper into current topics of economic and employment policy, including with OECD Secretariat Directors and senior economists, as well as with the Sherpas of the Italian G20 and ...

OECD countries have recognised the need for effective policies to combat the spread of the Covid-19 virus and return to economic activity whilst the OECD has provided important insights and data. With the pandemic still uncontrolled, the approval of several vaccines and the consequent launch of ...

(Version française ci-dessous) The International Women´s Day 2021 comes as the Covid-19 pandemic risks jeopardising years of progress in the fight for gender equality. Beyond this crisis, women are over-represented in informal or precarious work, gender pay gaps persist, and discrimination and ...

The UK holds the G7 Presidency for this year (2021) and Labour unions, led by the TUC along with TUAC and the ITUC have today launched the L7 priorities for this year’s G7 summit. Download the priorities on the left-hand side. ...

Version française à la suite  At their meeting on 26 February, G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors committed to maintain the exceptional support measures in face of the Covid-19 pandemic and took steps toward G20 actions on “equitable access” to vaccine and treatments, on ...

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 ...

Global Unions Joint Statement Ten Global Unions representing more than 200 million workers from across the world call on unions globally to ramp up pressure on governments and corporations to target the commercial interests of the Myanmar military junta. We urge trade unions and workers around the ...

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 ...

The Turkish Metal Workers Union, BİRLESİK METAL-İŞ  filed a specific instance with the Sweden National Contact Point of the OECD.  The submission under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises is the latest NCP complaint to address industrial relations issues arising out of the ...

The National Union of Banking Employees (NUBE) filed a specific instance with the UK National Contact Point of the OECD.  The submission under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises is the second NCP complaint to address issues arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic. The union alleges ...