28 May 2020
Trade Union Messages at the OECD Forum on Responsible Business Conduct
This year, the OECD Forum on Responsible Business Conduct is being presented virtually and in two parts. The first video forum took place 19 May and covered topics related to responsible business, resilient supply chains, government policies and social dialogue in response to the Covid 19 ...
26 May 2020
TUAC Plenary marked by COVID-19 – Calls for strong OECD response/ La plénière du TUAC marquée par COVID-19 – Appels à une réponse forte de
EN (version FR ci-dessous) (versión en español a continuación) On 26 May 2020, the TUAC held its 144th Plenary meeting in the shadow of the COVID-19 crisis. At the meeting, the Plenary discussed the ongoing COVID-19 crisis including its severe impact on economies, employment and workers. Ahead ...
15 May 2020
Indicative unemployment forecasts and the importance of collective bargaining in the context of COVID-19 / Prévisions de chômage indicatives et importance de
Indicative unemployment forecasts and the importance of collective bargaining to restore the economy in the context of COVID-19 Paris, 15 May 2020 Key findings The COVID-19 crisis represents an unprecedented threat to the global economy, and the length and impact of containment measures on ...
13 May 2020
TUAC comments on the OECD tax and fiscal response to Covid-19/ les commentaires du TUAC sur les réponses fiscales et budgétaires de l’OCDE face à
EN (FR CI-DESSOUS) The OECD center for tax policy has released mid-April a report on tax and fiscal policy in response to the Coronavirus crisis. This report emphasises the need for an expansionary fiscal policy coordinated with broader policy objectives, such as decarbonisation and the ...
06 May 2020
Trade Union Statement: OECD Countries must increase ODA and effective responses to save lives and livelihoods
The severity of the global crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic calls for a strong and urgent response by the OECD. The TUAC and the ITUC Trade Union Development Cooperation Network welcome the Joint Statement of 9 April 2020 on the COVID-19 pandemic by the OECD Development Assistance Committee ...
29 April 2020
New priorities emerge from the TUAC Roundtable on Trade Union Responses to Covid-19 – De nouvelles priorités émergent d’une table ronde du TUAC
Version française ci-dessous In a first virtual roundtable with trade union members, OECD country representatives and the OECD secretariat, the TUAC brought together perspectives from Korea, Spain, the US and Denmark on the labour and social dimension of the Covid-19 crisis. Social partners and ...
29 April 2020
Seven years later, Colombia’s controversial OECD accession comes to an end – Sept ans plus tard, l’adhésion controversée de la Colombie à
The TUAC takes note of the ratification of Colombia’s membership to the OECD. The accession process of Colombia took an excessively long period to be completed, five years between 2013 and the official invitation of the OECD at the MCM in May 2018, another two years for ratification. By far, ...
28 April 2020
28 April: International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers – Trade unions call for COVID-19 to be treated as occupational disease
(Version française ci-dessous) (Versión en español a continuación) On the occasion of the 28 April International Commemoration Day for the Dead and Injured Workers, the TUAC joins the labour movement´s call for governments and occupational health and safety bodies around the world to ...
23 April 2020
G20 – ITUC’s General Secretary, Sharan Burrow’s remarks at the extraordinary G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting
Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary, calls on the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers at their meeting on Covid-19 to co-ordinate a global response with G20 support and leadership: on global funding for social protection; on global cooperation and coherence on support to non-essential global ...
23 April 2020
Les réponses de l’ OCDE sur le commerce international et l’investissement face à Covid 19 – la nécessité d’une discussion politique
Dans le cadre de sa réponse à la crise du Covid-19, l’OCDE a récemment publié deux notes d’orientation sur le commerce international, dressant la carte des soutiens gouvernementaux et esquissant certaines actions pour soutenir le commerce international. Le point de départ est que ...
23 April 2020
The OECD trade and investment response to Covid 19 – the need for a broader, long-term policy discussion on Global Value Chains
As part of its response to Covid-19 crisis, the OECD has recently released two policy briefs on international trade, mapping government supports and sketching some actions to keep trade flowing. The starting point is that trade flows are severely hit by the crisis. Already before the pandemic, the ...
17 April 2020
First case related to Covid-19 under the MNE Guidelines
UNI Global Union and affiliated unions filed a specific instance with the France National Contact Point of the OECD. UNI Global Union is the umbrella organisation for the service sector representing 20 million workers in 150 countries. The submission under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational ...
