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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 ...

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 Senior Level Meeting of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC) took place from the 10th to 11th of October 2016. Trade Unions were present to provide their perspective on key issues up for discussion. A meeting of the Heads of Agency of the OECD Development Assistance Committee ...

The OECD’s Development Advisory Committee (DAC) meets in Paris from the 10th to the 11th of October 2016. Trade unions provide their input on key issues. The Trade Union Messages to the DAC Senior Level Meeting are available here. The first set of recommendations surrounds private sector ...

Après la publication, en octobre 2015, de la version finale des mesures et recommandations de l’OCDE visant à lutter contre la planification fiscale agressive des grandes entreprises, venant clore la première phase du Plan d’action en 15 points contre l’érosion de la base d’imposition ...

With the release of the final set of measures and recommendations on tackling aggressive corporate tax planning by the OECD in October 2015 as part of the first phase of the 15-point Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) adopted by the G20 in 2013, it is now up to governments to ...