18 June 2020
2020 ITUC Global Rights Index: Several OECD countries amongst the worst for workers / Indice CSI des droits dans le monde 2020: Plusieurs pays de l’OCDE
The ITUC, sister organisation of the TUAC at the international level, publishes today its much awaited annual report on workers’ rights globally. The 2020 ITUC Global Rights Index details the grim situation faced by workers and a breakdown of the social contract. Across the world, governments ...
10 June 2020
TUAC response to the OECD 2020 Economic Outlook, Issue 1
OECD Economic Outlook: A more pragmatic approach to economic policy at a time of crisis Key findings The first issue of the 2020 OECD Economic Outlook provides a full picture of the economic hardship caused by the COVID-19 and measures taken against the epidemic spread, and the grim outlook for ...
10 June 2020
Remarks by Richard Trumka_OECD Ministerial Council Roundtable on Paths to Recovery and Macroeconomic Policies
General Secretary and Ministers, I am Richard Trumka, President of the TUAC, and in my country, the President of the AFL-CIO, America’s labor movement. TUAC thanks the OECD for this moment to reflect on the Economic Outlook. The OECD Economic Outlook just delivered is sobering. A decline of ...
10 June 2020
Delivering a recovery built on trust – TUAC Statement on the COVID-19 crisis and the future of the OECD / Pour une reprise fondée sur la confiance
(Version française ci-dessous) The envisaged GDP forecast for 2020 is dreadful: -7.1% at the global level, down to -9.1% in the OECD area. In these circumstances, unemployment in the OECD will almost double this year, from 5.4% in 2019 to 9.4% at the end of 2020. The recovery will be slow and ...
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 ...
