Press releases

2012

1. International Labour Standards: Three countries ratify ILO Conventions

   01 May 2012

2. May Day: Trade union demonstration in Geneva

   01 May 2012

   Swiss trade unions, together with the ILO Staff Union, held a demonstration in Geneva to mark May Day.

3. Brazil: Second Congress of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA-CSA)

   20 April 2012

   The Second Congress of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA-CSA) was held in Brazil on 17-20 April 2012.

4. Abidjan: Training on trade union unity in French-speaking Africa

   02 April 2012

   The General Secretaries of a number of African trade union organizations took part in a training seminar on the unity of the trade union movement in French-speaking Africa, held in the capital of Côte d'Ivoire from 29 March to 1 April 2012.

5. International Labour Standards: Four countries ratify ILO Conventions

   31 March 2012

6. Committee on Freedom of Association: Interview with Workers' group spokesperson Yves Veyrier

   31 March 2012

   At its 313th Session, the Governing Body adopted the report of the Committee on Freedom of Association, which examined some 40 cases of rights violations relating to freedom of association and collective bargaining. Yves Veyrier, the Workers' group spokesperson on this Committee, explains...

7. Governing Body: Workers' group statements on Guinea, Mali, and Spain

   31 March 2012

   The Workers' group of the ILO Governing Body adopted statements on the current situations in Guinea, Mali, and Spain.

8. Governing Body: the Director-General meets the Workers' Group

   26 March 2012

   ILO Director-General Juan Somavia met the Workers’ Group of the Governing Body. During the meeting, he emphasized that this would be the last Governing Body session that he would attend in the capacity of Director-General.

9. Mbabane: Launch of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA)

   12 March 2012

   The Bureau for Workers' Activities (ILO-ACTRAV) took part in the founding congress of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) from 10-11 March 2012. The event marked the merger of the country's two main trade union centres, the SFTU (Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions) and the SFL (Swaziland Federation of Labour). The SNAT (Swaziland National Association of Teachers) has also joined them in the new centre.

10. Domestic Workers: Activities and Campains for Ratification of ILO Instruments

    09 March 2012

    Since the adoption in june 2011 of the the Convention 189 (C 189)and the Recommendation 201 (R 201)for domestic workers by government , worker and employer delegates of the ILO, ,Unions in collaborration with ILO-Bureau for Workers Activities (ACTRAV) have many activities for the promotition of these two ILO instruments at the state and regional levels .In the following interwiew, three unionists shared their experiences about this issue. ACTRAV INFO met with Ms. Marieke Koning, Equality Officer at International trade union confederation (ITUC), Ms. Barbro Budin, Gender & Equality Officer and Trade Union Development Officer at International union federation (IUF) and Elizabeth Tang, International Coordinator at International Domestic Workers’ Network (IDWN).

11. International Women’s Day: The IUF Calls for Strengthening Decent Work in Agriculture to Protect Women’s Rights

    08 March 2012

    The coordinator for global agriculture at the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF), Ms Sue Longley, stressed the need to strengthen decent work in agriculture to protect women’s rights.

12. Lome: Meeting between ITUC-Africa and ACTRAV

    04 March 2012

    The Bureau for Workers' Activities (ILO-ACTRAV) and the African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) have pledged to strengthen cooperation on their activities across the African continent.

13. Comoros: Confederation of Workers of the Comoros call on the Government to ratify ILO Convention No. 102

    28 February 2012

    The Confederation of Workers of the Comoros (CWC) invited the Comoros Government to ratify ILO Convention No. 102 on Social Security (Minimum Standards).

14. ACTRAV Technical Cooperation

    17 February 2012

15. Dhaka: ILO delegation meets trade union leaders and union activists trained by an ILO-ACTRAV Project in Bangladesh

    12 February 2012

16. Dhaka: ILO Delegation meets with Bangladesh Ministers

    12 February 2012

    An ILO delegation led by the Director of the Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV), Mr. Dan Cunniah, met with several Ministers in Bangladesh during a Mission in the country from 12 to 14 February 2012.

17. Tripartite Dissemination Workshop in Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises (EESE) in Indonesia

    09 February 2012

    The Bureau for Workers Activities (ILO-ACTRAV) in collaboration with the ILO Small Enterprise Programme participated at the tripartite dissemination workshop held in Jakarta on 9 February 2012. The workshop provided an opportunity to launch the report entitled “Indonesia: An enabling environment for sustainable enterprises assessment and a survey on workers’ perception” jointly authored by Graeme Buckley and ACTRAV’s senior economist, Mohammed Mwamadzingo.

18. Togo: Workshop on Training toolkit Inclusive Finance for Workers in Africa

    27 January 2012

    The Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV) took part in a workshop held in Lome (Togo) on 23 and 27 January 2012 on Training toolkit Inclusive Finance for Workers in Africa .This training workshop brought together 15 participants composed of trade unionists and experts on social finance.

19. Interview with Tim Lyons, Assistant Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions

    19 January 2012

    Tim Lyons, who was the Workers' group spokesperson at the 15th ILO Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting, talks about the situation of workers in Fiji, the promotion of ILO Conventions in Australia, and what the Australian Council of Trade Unions expects from the ILO...

20. Barbados: Workshop on Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises

    17 January 2012

    The Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV) took part in a workshop held in Bridgetown (Barbados) on 16 and 17 January on Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises.