Videos

2013

1. Book launch of the latest edition of the International Journal of Labour Research

   18 June 2013

   The Bureau for Workers Activities (ILO-ACTRAV) launches its latest edition of the International Journal of Labour Research (Volume 5, Issue 1) on Meeting the Challenge of Precarious Work: A Workers’ Agenda with a panel discussion with Dan Cunniah, Director of ACTRAV and Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

2. 

   Defending Workers' rights in Export Processing Zones-Difficult but possible

   25 April 2013

   Globalisation has seen an expansion in the number of export processing zones. The ILO estimates that there are some 3500 zones worldwide, employing at least 66 million workers in 130 countries. These zones have become ghettos of poor working conditions. Workers’ rights are often violated and organising workers into trade unions is very difficult. This video presents the situation of workers in export processing zones and shows that even if organizing workers is difficult, it is possible.

2012

1. 

   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.

2. 

   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.

3. 

   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.

4. 

   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.

5. 

   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

1. World Day for Decent Work-Demonstration for Trade unions Rights and Decent work

   07 October 2011

2. Closing Speech of Executive Director of the Standards and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work Sector, Guy Ryder, at the Workers Symposium on Policies and Regulations to Combat Precarious Employment

   07 October 2011

3. Closing Speech of ACTRAV Director, Dan Cunniah at the Workers Symposium on Policies and Regulations to Combat Precarious Employment

   07 October 2011

4. ACTRAV Symposium on Precarious Work:Views of Ms Dutra Vieira Juçara Maria of Education International

   07 October 2011

5. ACTRAV Symposium on Precarious Work: Views of Mr Sanjay Mahadeo Ambre, of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF)

   07 October 2011

6. Statement by Ms. Sharan Burrow,General Secretary of ITUC at the Workers Symposium on Policies and Regulations to Combat Precarious Employment

   05 October 2011

7. Statement by M.Ron Oswald,General Secretary of IUF at the Workers Symposium on Policies and Regulations to Combat Precarious Employment

   04 October 2011

8. Opening Speech of ILO Director- General Juan Somavia at the Workers Symposium on Policies and Regulations to Combat Precarious Employment

   04 October 2011

9. Opening Speech of ACTRAV Director, Dan Cunniah at the Workers Symposium on Policies and Regulations to Combat Precarious Employment

   04 October 2011

10. Informal Economy: India

    14 June 2011

11. Informal Economy: Mexican Trade Unions

    14 June 2011

12. Social Justice: Ms Nalini Nayak, Self Employment Women Association (SEWA)

    14 June 2011

13. 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.