26 June 2018
TUAC heads to the OECD Skills Summit, holds joint OECD workshop on Skills Systems
Days after the OECD Skills Summit in Porto, a joint TUAC and OECD Centre for Skills workshop will be held at the OECD on 2 July 2018 . The event intends to facilitate exchanges amongst TUAC and OECD members, the OECD Secretariat and invited guests on the governance of tertiary and adult ...
18 June 2018
OECD Turns Spotlight on Low and Stalling Social Mobility
The recent OECD report on social mobility, “A Broken Social Elevator? How to Promote Social Mobility”, describes how inequality tends to regenerate itself over the course of a life-time as well as over the next generation. To read the analysis from the TUAC secretariat, see the ...
04 June 2018
OECD Membership and the Values of the Organisation
OECD Week 2018 OECD Membership and the Values of the Organisation Paris, 28 May 2018 Executive Summary Becoming a member of the OECD is a complex procedure which goes beyond signing its founding Convention. Countries wishing to become OECD members must demonstrate a “readiness” and a ...
01 June 2018
OECD 2018 Ministerial: A “consensus minus one” that risks undermining the foundations of multilateralism / Ministérielle de l’OCDE 2018: Un
The 2018 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) on the 30-31 May, ended without a final ministerial statement. Instead, a text was agreed by “consensus minus one” and was released under the sole responsibility of the Chairmanship of France. The TUAC deplores and expresses deep concern about the ...
31 May 2018
The OECD Going Digital Project – Comments & Ways Forward
The interim report of the Going Digital horizontal project released for the MCM 2018 provides good insights on where the OECD stands on developing policy recommendations to address the digital transformation of our economies. The OECD report acknowledges that digital business models are putting ...
31 May 2018
The OECD Going Digital Project – Comments & Ways Forward
The interim report of the Going Digital horizontal project released for the MCM 2018 provides good insights on where the OECD stands on developing policy recommendations to address the digital transformation of our economies. The OECD report acknowledges that digital business models are putting ...
31 May 2018
Release of the OECD Economic Outlook 2018
The engines of sustainable growth are still missing: Time to change the Reform Agenda The OECD Economic Outlook released on the occasion of the 2018 Ministerial Council meeting carries the key message that we need “a different way to grow”. As the recovery in investment is not strong enough and ...
31 May 2018
TUAC Assessment of the Revised Jobs Strategy
The revised OECD Jobs Strategy approved by the 2018 Ministerial Council has the advantage of broadening the OECD approach, provides helpful messages on macro-economic demand side policy, and openly recognizes the value and benefits of labour market institutions such as minimum wages, collective ...
31 May 2018
TUAC Calls for the OECD to Uphold Fundamental Values, as Colombia Joins the OECD
At the 2018 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting, Lithuania and Colombia joined the OECD as members. Colombia had not achieved sufficient and satisfactory progress on-the-ground on respect for human rights as TUAC had expected during the accession process. Trade unions remain gravely concerned about ...
30 May 2018
Implementing the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct
In May 2018, the OECD Council adopted a Council Recommendation to promote and implement the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct. The Recommendation was released at the OECD 2018 MCM. The Guidance explains how companies should conduct diligence to avoid and address ...
23 May 2018
OECD Week 2018: Trade unions call for a bold policy response to improve multilateralism
The 2018 OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (30-31 May) under French chairmanship aims at “Refounding multilateralism for more responsible, effective and inclusive outcomes”. The preceding OECD Forum (29-30 May) looks into “What brings us together”. For TUAC, over the past decades, the ...
15 May 2018
“Social Policy for Shared Prosperity in a Changing World of Work”, TUAC contribution to the OECD Ministerial on Social Policy
A TUAC delegation, headed by Jorunn Berland (Vice President TUAC and YS-NW) and including Larry Rousseau (Executive Vice President of CLC), is participating in the Social Policy Ministerial on the future of social protection in Montréal, 15th of May. See attached for the TUAC policy document. ...
