Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)

The Mandate of the Bureau for Workers' Activities is to strengthen representative, independent and democratic trade unions in all countries, to enable them to play their role effectively in protecting workers' rights and interests and in providing effective services to their members at national and international levels, and to promote the ratification and implementation of ILO Conventions.

Highlights

Unions call for employment and decent work in the post-2015 Development Agenda
23 May 2013
Global worker representatives have launched a Trade Union Action Plan calling for the inclusion of full and productive employment and decent work for all in the United Nations’ Post-2015 Development Agenda.
ILO Deputy-Director General calls on social partners to get involved in the new development agenda
21 May 2013
The Deputy-Director General for Field Operations and Partnerships at the ILO, Gilbert Houngbo, has called on workers and employers to participate actively in the design of the post-2015 development agenda.
Labour Standards: Unions from Italy, Moldova and Ukraine sign cooperation agreements
16 May 2013
Italian trade union organizations (CGIL, CISL, UIL) and their counterparts from Moldova and Ukraine signed key cooperation agreements today in Chisenau. Italy is one of the major countries of destination for migrant workers from Moldova and Ukraine.
Cooperatives today: challenges and opportunities
14 May 2013
A recent seminar organized by the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities and the ILO’s Cooperative Branch brought together researchers and practitioners from around the world to talk about some of the issues and experiences that cooperatives are facing today.
ACTRAV INFO: April 2013
29 April 2013
ACTRAV INFO, A monthly newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), No. 26, April 2013.
International Journal of Labour Research: Are “green” jobs decent?
21 March 2013
This issue of the Journal focuses on the question of whether the jobs that are emerging in the efforts to reach sustainable development can be described as “decent”. A series of case studies is presented which demonstrates that this seems to be far from the case.
ILO Workers’ Group Priorities (2011-2014)
29 January 2013
This document is the result of consultations held by the Chair of the Workers’ Group with members of the Group, its Secretariat and the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV).
Make poverty history-Trade Union manual on the Millennium Development Goals
17 October 2012
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been the main development framework for the international community since the year 2000. These goals have provided a framework for focused intergovernmental action to fight extreme poverty.