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A new publication from the OECD highlights that the labour market in Spain showed substantially more resilience during the COVID-19 crisis compared to the global financial crisis. Whereas unemployment in the earlier crisis skyrocketed by 18 percentage points, it only increased modestly by 3 ...

TUAC and national union centres significantly stepped up their engagement with the work of the OECD in Latin America this week. The OECD is increasingly involved in Latin America and the Caribbean, one of the most unequal regions in the world. Almost one in three people in Latin America live in ...

Peruvian trade union leader, Paula Aliaga, General Secretary of the Central Autónoma de Trabajadores del Perú (CATP), today called on the OECD to insist and ensure that Peru joining the OECD leads to respect for fundamental labour rights and results in improvements in employment conditions for ...

46 national governments and the European Union adopted a declaration on ‘Protecting and Empowering Consumers in the Digital and Green Transitions’ at an OECD meeting of Consumer Policy Ministers. The declaration notes that consumer spending accounts for around 60% of gross domestic product ...

Social dialogue is too rarely considered in the debate about strengthening democracy. That’s the key claim in an article ‘Democracy at work and beyond: the role of trade unions in strengthening citizens’ participation and trust in public institutions’ by TUAC General Secretary ...

The OECD’s Interim Economic Outlook Report  supports the recent turn in monetary policy and recognizes that there is room to lower interest rates. At the same time, it urges central banks to be prudent and carefully judge the timing and scope of reductions to contain underlying inflationary ...

In a speech to the OECD’s Global Forum on Technology, Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union, drew from history and her own past experience to argue for technological change to be accompanied by labour policies that favour and even incentivise unionisation. Speaking at a session ...

As requested by G7 Leaders, Labour Ministers from G7 countries agreed a ‘G7 Action Plan for a human-centred adoption of safe, secure and trustworthy AI in the World of Work’. The Plan includes positive commitments to “Promoting the active involvement and consultation of workers and ...

Trade unionists from G7 countries met with Ministers, international policymakers and business leaders in Cagliari today to Underline the urgent need for Governments to deliver environmentally and socially sustainable growth with real wage growth for working people. Tackle the climate crisis by ...

The labour and business leaders of G7 countries – the Labour 7 and Business 7 – have agreed a joint statement for the G7 Labour and Employment Ministers meeting in Cagliari, Italy taking place on 11-13 September 2024. The joint statement ‘Shaping the advancement of Artificial ...

Launched today, the OECD’s 2024 Education at a Glance underscores the urgent need for policy action to address inequalities in education and in social and labour market outcomes. Education At A Glance 2024 shows that access to education, study choices, completion rates and labour market outcomes ...

The G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting (G20 LEMM) took place in Fortaleza, Brazil, on 25-26 July. The Ministerial Declaration from the meeting closely aligns with workers’ demands, as outlined in the L20 statement to the G20 LEMM. The LEMM opened with a Just Transition Leadership Forum, ...