09 March 2017
Key Recommendations & Outcomes of the Trade Union Forum on Digitalisation and the Future of Work
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 ...
07 March 2017
INTERIM ECONOMIC OUTLOOK MARCH 2017: OECD RAISES CONCERNS AGAIN
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 ...
08 February 2017
New OECD due diligence guidance targets the garment and footwear sector
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 ...
02 February 2017
Trade Union Forum on Digitalisation and the Future of Work
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 ...
16 December 2016
Suppression of Labour Rights in the Republic of Korea and the fundamental values of the OECD
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 ...
13 October 2016
Trade Unions at the DAC Senior Level Meeting
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 ...
08 October 2016
Trade Union messages to the DAC Senior Level Meeting
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 ...
05 July 2016
Projet BEPS de l’OCDE pour lutter contre les pratiques d’évasion fiscale des entreprises : le TUAC publie une évaluation et des orientations
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 ...
05 July 2016
TUAC releases trade union assessment and guidance papers on the OECD “BEPS” package to counter corporate tax avoidance practices
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 ...
24 June 2016
Outcomes of the OECD Ministerial and Trade Union Forum on the Digital Economy
TUAC as one of the stakeholder groups to the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy organised a Trade Union Forum on “Sustainable & Inclusive Innovation: Quality Jobs and Skills in the Digital Economy” in Cancun, Mexico. Discussions at the Forum amongst over 60 trade union ...
01 June 2016
Priorities & Background Paper for the OECD Digital Economy Ministerial 2016
On 21 June 2016, TUAC as one of the stakeholder groups to the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy ( http://www.oecd.org/internet/ministerial/events/stakeholdersforums/ ) is organising a Trade Union Forum on “Sustainable & Inclusive Innovation: Quality Jobs and Skills in the ...
01 June 2016
Priorities & Background Paper for the OECD Digital Economy Ministerial 2016
On 21 June 2016, TUAC as one of the stakeholder groups to the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy ( http://www.oecd.org/internet/ministerial/events/stakeholdersforums/ ) is organising a Trade Union Forum on “Sustainable & Inclusive Innovation: Quality Jobs and Skills in the ...
