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2012
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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).
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ACTRAV Technical Cooperation
17 February 2012
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting: “We hope that all the participants will contribute to the implementation of these conclusions …” said Ms Sulistri from KSBSI
05 January 2012
At the end of the 15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) held in Kyoto from 4-7 December 2011, the General-Secretary of the Confederation of Indonesia Prosperity Trade Union (KSBSI), Ms Sulistri Afrileston hoped that the Conclusions adopted during the meeting would be implemented.
2011
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Libreville: Sub-regional workshop on the evaluation and consolidation of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) training programmes for Workers' Organizations in Francophone Africa.
16 December 2011
The ILO's Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV) and the Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork) have held a sub-regional workshop on the evaluation and consolidation of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) training programmes for workers' organizations in francophone Africa.
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Gender: Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA)’ Training for Worker Facilitators on the ILO Participatory Gender Audit(PGA)
16 December 2011
The Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), together with the Bureau for Gender Equality of ILO and TUCA, held a joint Americas Regional Training for Worker Facilitators on the ILO Participatory Gender Audit(PGA), in San José (Costa Rica), from 12 to 16 December 2011.
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Indonesia: Sub-regional Seminar on Strengthening Union Capacity Overcoming Multiplicity of Unions in South East Asia
14 December 2011
From 12 to 14 December 2011, the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) organized a regional seminar in Jakarta on Strengthening Union Capacity Overcoming Multiplicity of Unions in South East Asia.
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Situation of Workers in Fiji
12 December 2011
The General Secretary of the Fiji Public Service Association, Rajeshwar Singh welcomed the resolution adopted by the 15th Asia Pacific Regional Meeting on the situation of workers in Fiji.
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Beijing: Seminar on Precarious Work
10 December 2011
The Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), together with the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) and the ILO County Office for China and Mongolia in Beijing, held a joint seminar on Precarious Work in Beijing from 9 to 10 December 2011.
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Johannesburg: Second Congress of ITUC-Africa
27 November 2011
The Director of the Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV), Dan Cunniah, took part in the Second Congress of the African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Federation (ITUC-Africa), which was held in Johannesburg from 25 to 27 November 2011.