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20 August 2018

Déclaration du L20 à la réunion des ministres du travail et de l’emploi du G20, Mendoza, Argentine, 6-7 Septembre 2018

1_La croissance économique mondiale a progressé légèrement, mais la vaste majorité de la population mondiale attend toujours une amélioration de la sécurité, des salaires et de la protection sociale. Les inégalités atteignent des sommets sans précédent et ne montrent aucun signe de ...

20 August 2018

L20 Statement to the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting, Mendoza, Argentina, 6-7 September 2018

1_Global economic growth has slightly improved, yet the vast majority of the world’s people are still left waiting for increased security, wages and social protection. Inequality is at an historic high and is rising with no sign of abating, and workers’ wages are stagnating compared to ...

17 August 2018

TUAC Comments on OECD Employment Outlook – Making the case for coordinated and multi-employer bargaining

New research from the OECD shows that coordinated and multi-employer bargaining delivers superior labour market performance compared to decentralised bargaining. ...

04 July 2018

Employment Outlook 2018 – An employment recovery on the back of wage stagnation & low-paid jobs

Key messages The key finding of the Employment Outlook 2018 released today is that despite rising employment rates, OECD countries are facing “unprecedented wage stagnation”. While the OECD average unemployment rate is expected to land at 5.3% by the end of the year, wage growth remains ...

04 July 2018

Employment Outlook 2018 – An employment recovery on the back of wage stagnation & low-paid jobs

Key messages The key finding of the Employment Outlook 2018 released today is that despite rising employment rates, OECD countries are facing “unprecedented wage stagnation”. While the OECD average unemployment rate is expected to land at 5.3% by the end of the year, wage growth remains ...

03 July 2018

Implementation of the BEPS Action Plan – TUAC calls for action on the digital economy and for new tools on public reporting and measuring

Represented by Nolberto Diaz, General Secretary of the CUT Chile, the TUAC took part in stakeholder consultations at the meeting of the Inclusive Framework on BEPS, In Lima 27-28 June. The TUAC delivered four key messages: The need for better participation of trade union and civil society ...

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 ...