Responsible business
The OECD is a leading international standard-setter on responsible business conduct.
Through our engagement with the OECD’s Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct, TUAC has contributed to achieving, and continues to press for, decent work and enforcement of workers’ rights and more effective mechanisms for dealing with issues related to labour and environmental standards.
TUAC’s work on responsible business is led by Andrea Fromm. For more information, please contact fromm@tuac.org
Success for US Hotel Workers at the French NCP – UNITE HERE
At the French NCP’s 2018 Annual Meeting, Jeremy Blasi from UNITE HERE describes how an OECD Guidelines case filed in France helped US hotel workers in Los Angeles to unionise – with support from the French pension funds. My name is Jeremy Blasi. I am a staff attorney with UNITE HERE ...
TUAC AND PSI INTERVENTION AT OECD’S HEALTH COMMITTEE ON “SUSTAINABLE ACCESS TO INNOVATIVE MEDECINE”
The OECD’s Health Committee is currently analyzing the challenges member states are facing in ensuring sustainable access to new and innovative treatments to all those in need. On the occasion of the 22nd meeting of the Health Committee on the 11th of December, TUAC and PSI urged the OECD ...
TUAC Liaison Committee with the OECD tackles the Future of Work, the Future of the Firm
The Liaison Committee Meeting (LCM) is an opportunity for the TUAC to exchange views with the OECD Council and the Secretariat on key policy issues and OECD initiatives. At the LCM 2017, the discussion centers on today’s and tomorrow’s employment challenges – the Future of Work – and the ...
Qatar: Swiss Government Mediation between BWI and FIFA a Good Step
The ITUC has welcomed the outcome of a Swiss Government-mediated agreement between the Building and Wood Workers’ International and FIFA over conditions for workers building the stadiums for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The agreement, which follows a complaint lodged by the BWI in Switzerland, ...
FIFA welcomes outcome of NCP mediation process on workers’ welfare in Qatar
FIFA welcomes the Final Statement published today by the Swiss National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (Swiss NCP) in the context of the specific instance that was submitted by the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI). FIFA considers the discussions ...
Swiss set cooperation conditions for FIFA and Qatar on worker rights
The international federation of football associations (FIFA) and Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy have agreed to cooperate to ensure the ongoing safety of workers building the stadiums for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, after a human rights complaint by a trade body was resolved. ...