22 December 2017
Moving forward – TUAC elects General Secretary, welcomes CUT Chile, challenges OECD thinking on the Future of Work and the Future of the Firm
On 15 December, the TUAC Plenary elected Pierre Habbard as General Secretary for a four-year term. Habbard thanked the Plenary members for their trust and committed to continue strengthening TUAC’s advocacy function towards influencing OECD policy outcomes, but also to deepen the “support ...
20 December 2017
CUT Chile becomes the 59th member of the TUAC
The TUAC Plenary on December 15 adopted the formal admission of Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (Central Union Workers of Chile). In 2010, Chile had become a full member of the OECD, which has represented a major leap forward, especially the improvement of public policies in economic and social ...
20 September 2017
The OECD re-affirms the need for stronger wages but fails to draw the necessary conclusions regarding the bargaining power of workers
The OECD’s key messages from its interim forecast published today is that the economic upturn is gaining momentum and becoming more synchronised across countries. Importantly, the OECD recognises that weak wage dynamics is as one of the major obstacles that is holding back growth and demand. ...
14 September 2017
Statement by Global Unions to the 2017 Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank
The OECD’s key messages from its interim forecast published today is that the economic upturn is gaining momentum and becoming more synchronised across countries. Importantly, the OECD recognises that weak wage dynamics is as one of the major obstacles that is holding back growth and demand. ...
10 June 2017
TUAC comments on the outcome of the MCM
The OECD’s key messages from its interim forecast published today is that the economic upturn is gaining momentum and becoming more synchronised across countries. Importantly, the OECD recognises that weak wage dynamics is as one of the major obstacles that is holding back growth and demand. ...
07 June 2017
Remarks of Richard Trumka President of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD and President of the AFL-CIO
Good morning everyone, and thank you to Angel, to Prime Minister Rasmussen and to the Panel. Let me begin by complimenting Catherine Mann and the team here at the OECD. The Economic Outlook for 2017 and the Stocktaking Paper for the Ministerial on Globalization really do grapple with the core ...
31 May 2017
TRADE UNION MESSAGES AND INPUTS TO THE OECD WEEK 2017 / MESSAGES ET CONTRIBUTIONS DES SYNDICATS LORS DE LA SEMAINE 2017 DE L’OCDE
The 2017 Ministerial Council Meeting sets out to “make globalisation work… for all” and the preceding OECD Forum intends to “bridge divides”. This is necessary after a year of backlash against governments, institutions and the very functioning of economic systems. At the root of this ...
10 April 2017
Global Unions solidarity mission to Korea: the need for an inclusive and sustainable growth model
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 ...
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 ...
18 February 2016
OECD Global Economic Outlook and Interim Economic Outlook 2016: Trade Unions call for a collective policy response to strengthen demand, create jobs and lift
The OECD, in its latest interim economic forecast, released today, expresses strong concern about the situation of the global economy, points to financial instability and calls for a “stronger collective policy response to strengthen demand and employment growth”. The OECD is right to do so: ...
