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: ...
