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The ITUC has welcomed the outcome of a Swiss Government-mediated agreement between the Building and Wood Workers’ International and FIFA over conditions for workers building the stadiums for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The agreement, which follows a complaint lodged by the BWI in Switzerland, ...

FIFA welcomes the Final Statement published today by the Swiss National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (Swiss NCP) in the context of the specific instance that was submitted by the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI). FIFA considers the discussions ...

The international federation of football associations (FIFA) and Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy have agreed to cooperate to ensure the ongoing safety of workers building the stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, after a human rights complaint by a trade body was resolved. ...

On Wednesday April 19th, the OECD is releasing its third volume of the PISA 2015 results. This volume focuses on the results of its student questionnaire which accompanied the main student assessment. The main take-aways are as follows: The OECD’s definition of life satisfaction focuses on ...

In a letter sent to Hwang Kyo-ahn, prime minister and acting president of Republic of Korea, John Evans, TUAC General Secretary, reinstated the international labour movement’s profound concerns about the failure of the Republic of Korea to uphold freedom of assembly and fundamental labour ...

The 3rd joint forum between trade unions and the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD was held in Paris on the 21st of March 2017. The theme of the forum was the role of the DAC in the changing development landscape and in pursuit of achieving the Agenda 2030. Bringing together the ...

“Going for Growth” is one of the flagship publications of the OECD Economics Department. It contains a country specific list of “what-to- reform” in order to improve employment and productivity performance. The novelty in the 2017 version of this report, released on the 17th of March, is ...

In February 2017, the TUAC held a Trade Union Forum on Digitalisation and the digital economy in Paris. Starting with an internal trade union exchange with over 80 national, sector-level and global unions’ representatives, it proceeded with panel discussions with the OECD, other stakeholders and ...

In February 2017, the TUAC held a Trade Union Forum on Digitalisation and the digital economy in Paris. Starting with an internal trade union exchange with over 80 national, sector-level and global unions’ representatives, it proceeded with panel discussions with the OECD, other stakeholders and ...

A recovery but an uneven one The OECD, in its interim forecasts published on the 7th of March, continues to count on a modest recovery of the global economy. After being stuck for five years in a low-growth trap, global GDP growth would pick up modestly, from 3% in 2016 to 3.6% in 2018. The OECD ...

‌The garment and footwear sector is one of the largest consumer goods sectors in the world. Although it represents an important economic driving force, the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in 2013 brought global attention to the risks of severe adverse impacts both in manufacturing but ...

The Trade Union Forum on Digitalisation follows a first meeting held in June 2016 in Mexico. Please consult the meeting agenda on the right hand side. The OECD (http://www.oecd.org/sti/goingdigital.htm), the ILO and the EU, the G20 and G7, the World Economic Forum and the World Bank have all set ...