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02 November 2018

TUAC calls for enhancing the corporate governance agenda at the OECD/ Appel du TUAC à l’OCDE pour un agenda renforcé sur la gouvernance

On 16 october 2018, the TUAC held consultations with the OECD Committee on Corporate Governance and took part in a committee roundtable on compay group structures, together with the business counterpart the BIAC. The TUAC shared the following submission, the key policy messages being: Current ...

26 October 2018

OECD Focus on the Future of Work – TUAC Recommendations

To help frame the upcoming OECD “narrative” on the Future of Work (FoW) and the ongoing Going Digital Horizontal Project, the TUAC has developed a set of policy recommendations. They build on inputs from TUAC affiliates, the revised OECD Jobs Strategy, core ILO standards and OECD work on ...

04 October 2018

National strategies on work 4.0 & the role of trade unions – EESC Study

To help frame the upcoming OECD “narrative” on the Future of Work (FoW) and the ongoing Going Digital Horizontal Project, the TUAC has developed a set of policy recommendations. They build on inputs from TUAC affiliates, the revised OECD Jobs Strategy, core ILO standards and OECD work on ...

04 October 2018

National strategies on work 4.0 & the role of trade unions – EESC Study

To help frame the upcoming OECD “narrative” on the Future of Work (FoW) and the ongoing Going Digital Horizontal Project, the TUAC has developed a set of policy recommendations. They build on inputs from TUAC affiliates, the revised OECD Jobs Strategy, core ILO standards and OECD work on ...

27 September 2018

Artificial Intelligence (AI) – The OECD starts discussing general and policy principles

The OECD is moving ahead with its work on Artificial Intelligence (AI) towards developing a Council Recommendation in the course of 2019 and creating an AI observatory as a pillar of the second phase of the Going Digital project. On 24-25 September, the first meeting of the AI expert Group at the ...

20 September 2018

TUAC Assessment of the OECD Interim Outlook September 2018

Reacting to the OECD Interim Outlook released today, TUAC insists that it is not just high uncertainty from trade disputes but also pronounced inequality in the bargaining position between labour and capital that is weighing on global growth. The time has come for the OECD to include the latter in ...

19 September 2018

Education at a Glance 2018 – A TUAC Assessment

The OECD released its Education at a Glance (EAG) report on September 11 including a wealth of data on educational outcomes, lifelong learning and structural conditions (English: https://bit.ly/OECDEAG2018; French: https://bit.ly/21e9UxC). This year’s volume focussed on equity outcomes which is ...

19 September 2018

10 years ago, TUAC released one of the first international trade union reaction to the financial crisis: “Bailing out financial capitalism: what

The fall of Lehman Brothers on 15 September 2008, precipitated the global financial crisis that had been looming with the “credit crunch” and the disintegration of the US subprime housing market since spring 2007. On 18 September 2008 – 10 years to this day, the TUAC released ...

18 September 2018

TUAC Contributions to the 85th Session of the OECD Steel Committee meeting

TUAC, in partnership with Industri-ALL Global, submitted a  written contribution on the OECD’s draft guidelines for subsidies and government support measures in the steel sector. A key message is that an excessive reliance on ‘market discipline’ does not allow to adequately ...

05 September 2018

Unions warn of rising inequality if growth without jobs and decent wages continue

Unions warn of rising inequality if growth without jobs and decent wages continue The vast majority of the world’s people are still waiting for increased job security, higher wages and access to universal social protection, warn unions ahead of the G20 G20 Le Groupe des Vingt, ou G20, est un ...

23 August 2018

Acerca de la TUAC – Selección de documentos

Lista de documentos: • Acerca de la TUAC • Semana de la OCDE 2018: Principales Mensajes Sindicales, 29-31 de mayo de 2018 • Declaración de la TUAC a la Reunión del Consejo Ministerial de la OCDE 2018, 30-31 de mayo de 2018 • Evaluación de la Reunión del Consejo Ministerial 2018 de la ...

20 August 2018

Declaración del L20 a la reunión de ministros de trabajo y empleo del G20, Mendoza, Argentina, 6-7 de septiembre de 2018

1_El crecimiento económico mundial ha experimentado cierta mejora, sin embargo, la gran mayoría de las personas del mundo entero aún están esperando salarios mejores y garantizados, así como una mayor protección social. La desigualdad ha alcanzado niveles históricamente altos y está en ...