Health for everyone? New OECD report on social inequalities in health and health systems/ Santé? Nouveau rapport de l’OCDE sur les inégalités en
EN (FR BELOW) A new OECD report confirms fears of significant inequalities in health and health care. The OECD report “Health for Everyone?” shows that people from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds frequently are in worse health, have higher exposure to risk factors and struggle more to ...
TRUST IN BUSINESS – FOSTERING CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIRES AMBITION/ CONFIANCE DANS LES ENTREPRISES – PLUS D’AMBITION POUR LA RESPONSABILITÉ
EN (FR CI-DESSOUS) On 1-2 October, the OECD launched a new « trust in business » initiative. The objective is to strengthen connections between companies and OECD policy communities working on corporate governance, responsible business conduct and anticorruption. At the inaugural forum, the ...
Internship with the TUAC
Internship The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD) is the interface for trade unions with the Organisation and its members. It is an international trade union with consultative status at the OECD. TUAC co-ordinates and ...
Climate action through a well-being lens – another way to say Just Transition?
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 ...
TUAC Response to OECD Interim Economic Outlook, September 2019
OECD Interim Economic Outlook, September 2019 Lowest growth since 2008, Highest need for fiscal support Paris, 20 September 2019 The OECD released its Interim Economic Outlook on 19 Sep. 2019 with updated figures on the low growth across the OECD area, including a third consecutive downwards ...
2019 OECD Business and Finance Outlook – Self-declared top-down approaches will not deliver trust
On Monday 9 September, the OECD released its annual report “The OECD Business and Finance Outlook” (BFO). The focus of this year´s edition is on public trust as the key to well-functioning of institutions, markets and trade. This general orientation should be welcome, in as far as it would ...
Education at a Glance 2019 – TUAC assessment/ Regards sur l’Education 2019 – Evaluation par le TUAC
EN (FR CI-DESSOUS) The OECD released its Education at a Glance (EAG) report on September 10 including a wealth of data on educational outcomes and, this time, a specific focus on tertiary education (English: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/education-at-a-glance-2019_f8d7880d-en; French: ...
G20 Labour and Employment Ministers choose to narrow agenda despite global employment and wages crisis for people/ Les Ministres du travail et de l’emploi du
EN (FR CI-DESSOUS) The Japan G20 presidency ends with a G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial which narrowed its agenda to focus on ageing, demographic change and gender equality. This year’s Labour Ministers communique did not build on past G20 commitments, nor commit to implementing the ILO ...
L7 Declarations ahead of the G7 summit/ Déclarations du L7 en vue sommet G7
FR ci-dessous EN The French G7 Presidency for 2019 made the fight against inequalities its top priority for the G7. Ahead of the G7 Summit which is scheduled to take place in Biarritz on 24-26 August 2019, trade unions from G7 countries have released a number of recommendations. Trade unions from ...
ITUC / TUAC Assessment of the G20 Summit in Osaka
When the G20 Leaders met in Osaka on 28-29 June, most of the G20 Ministerial Meetings under the Japanese presidency had taken place, with the notable exception of the Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting (LEMM) scheduled on 1-2 September. The Osaka Declarationi shows that gap. While the ...
Release of Going for Growth 2019: Going faster – at what cost?
Overview The OECD report “Going for Growth”, released on 12 July 2019, is the organisation’s flagship report listing the “what- and when-to-reform”, including more than 150 pages of country-specific recommendations. The 2019 edition also highlights how a series of megatrends such as ...
TUAC proposals to enhance protection against rising corporate market power
On the occasion of an OECD hearing on competition and labour markets, TUAC brought the attention of competition authorities to the employment effects of increased corporate market power. In the attached submission, TUAC made concrete recommendations to enhance protection against labour market ...