Economic policy
TUAC represents the voice of labour in the international economic policy debate. Through its engagement at the OECD, TUAC fights for economic policies that create full employment and that give working people a fair share of the wealth they create.
This is done through our engagement on fiscal and monetary policy at the Economic Policy Committee and its Working Party on Macroeconomic and Structural Policy Analysis.
This work is led by Filip Stefanovic and Adnan Habibija. For more information, please contact stefanovic@tuac.org and habibija@tuac.org.
New OECD growth framework abandons inequality
TUAC has criticised the OECD’s new report on structural reforms, Foundations for Growth and Competitiveness 2026 (F4GC), for ignoring the interplay between demand, inequality and growth. Published on 9 April, F4GC replaces the long-standing Going for Growth series (2007–2023, G4G) and aims ...
Trade unions call for urgent action as steel overcapacity and trade distortions intensify
Trade unions sounded the alarm at the OECD Steel Committee meeting in Paris on 23–24 March 2026, warning that growing global imbalances in the steel sector are putting jobs, industrial capacity and entire regions at risk. Leading a large trade union delegation at the meeting, TUAC, industriALL ...
SOEs must deliver for workers and the climate, TUAC tells OECD Working Party
The looming energy crisis shows that state-owned enterprises are indispensable instruments for tackling energy poverty, advancing just transition, and reducing inequality – and OECD governance frameworks must reflect this, TUAC argued at the OECD Working Party on State Owned Enterprises and ...
OECD Interim Economic Outlook: Monetary policy cannot end wars – TUAC calls on governments to invest
TUAC challenges the OECD’s macroeconomic response to the war in Iran, warning that the Interim Economic Outlook published on 26 March repeats the mistakes of the recent cost-of-living crisis by leaning on central banks to manage a supply-side shock that monetary policy cannot fix. The ...
TUAC calls for industrial policy that delivers for workers ahead of OECD ministerial
Trade unions have long called for active industrial policy to create quality jobs and sustainable growth. With industrial policy at the centre of this year’s OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM), TUAC is pressing to ensure it delivers for workers. The annual pre-MCM consultation in ...
The real wage recovery is slowing down, OECD warns
Workers’ wages in half of OECD countries have yet to recover the ground lost since 2021, at the start of the post-pandemic inflation surge, according to the latest OECD Wage Bulletin published today. In 19 out of 37 countries analysed, real wages remain below their 2021 levels – ...
Trade unions set out vision for shared prosperity at OECD leaders meeting
Trade union leaders from across the globe gathered in Paris on 8 December for the annual TUAC-OECD Liaison Committee Meeting, bringing workers’ stories and priorities to the highest political level of the OECD. TUAC President Liz Shuler opened the meeting under the banner ‘Rewiring ...
OECD Economic Outlook: Trade unions slam latest deregulation push
TUAC strongly contests the OECD’s push for deregulation in the latest Economic Outlook, warning that weakening worker protections will not drive innovation and risks increasing inequality. The Economic Outlook, published today, projects global growth of 3.2% in 2025, slowing to 2.9% in 2026 ...
Trade unions press OECD to address trade policy’s impact on workers’ rights and bargaining power
Trade unions engaged with policymakers on the unequal distribution of trade benefits at the OECD workshop on trade and jobs, held on 15th October. TUAC representatives called for stronger protections for workers during the event, which explored the critical relationship between trade policies, ...
Trade unions welcome OECD inequality report, but highlight missing link on collective bargaining
Trade unions welcome the OECD’s new report “To Have and Have Not – How to Bridge the Gap in Opportunities”, but warn governments that equal opportunities are not enough to tackle today’s high levels of inequality, and that the report’s framing risks understating the role of systemic ...
