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2012
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India: Out of the Repair Shop and In to School
10 April 2012
When you think of what trade unions do, rescuing children from illegal child labour is not usually the first thing that comes to mind. But in India's Tamil Nadu State, six trade unions have come together to eradicate child labour, especially in its most hazardous forms. In the district of Erode, nearly a hundred children have been removed from auto and motorcycle repair shop work and are now back in school.
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Fighting Child Labour in India's Carpet Industry
10 April 2012
Eradicating child labour is difficult, but some employers in India are finding a way. And along the way to eliminating child labour, employers are also discovering that it makes good business sense as well.
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A Trade Union's Battle against Child Labour in Ghana
10 April 2012
In Ghana, the General Agricultural Workers' Union, known as the "G-A-W-U" with support from the ILO, has had a major impact on eliminating the worst forms of child labour. Acting both independently, and using "social dialogue" to collaborate with employers and government, the union fights child labour in three key sectors: fisheries, palm oil production, and cocoa farming.
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Ghana's Code of Conduct against Child Labour
10 April 2012
One of the keys to successfully fighting child labour is making families aware how they may be putting their own children at risk. But that is especially challenging when the labour of young children has traditionally been considered an extra source of income for the family. The Ghana Employers Association is using social dialogue to prove that traditional attitudes can change, by introducing a code of conduct to help to eradicate the worst forms of child labour.
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Eradicate Child Labour with Social Dialogue
04 April 2012
Today, all around the world, employers and trade unions are working together with governments to eradicate the worst forms of child labour, and to get child labourers out of work and into school. And they are finding out that through social dialogue, they can be effective in building the consensus to eradicate child labour around the world.
2011
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Informal Economy: India
14 June 2011
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Informal Economy: Mexican Trade Unions
14 June 2011
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High level panel on Employment and Social Justice in a Globalizing Economy: General Secretary of ITUC addresses the panel
13 June 2011
During this panel discussion on DATE, the General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Sharan Burrow, stressed the need for economic policies to be directed towards job creation and the strengthening of social justice.
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Panel on “Arab Youth - Aspiring for Social Justice'': Mr. Marouen Cherif, Coordinator of Young Workers in Tunisia
09 June 2011
During this panel discussion on DATE, Marouen Cherif (Tunisia), Young Workers’ Coordinator, Tunisian General Union of Labour (UGTT), recalled that the demonstrations in Tunisia were launched under the slogan “work is a right”, and the protests were caused by a number of economic problems, such as regional development inequalities, the lack of a substantial job creation policy, and low purchasing power.