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

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.
Trade unions and worker cooperatives: Where are we at?
9 May 2013
Under the aegis of the International Journal of Labour Research, ACTRAV and COOP/EMP are holding a seminar on the theme of the relationship between trade unions and worker cooperatives. Researchers and practioners will examine the experiences of worker cooperatives in Latin America, Africa, India and Europe to look at the lessons of such experiences.
Bolivia ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention
18 April 2013
On 15 April 2013, the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189).
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.
Report III(1A) General Report of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
25 February 2013
The Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations is an independent body composed of legal experts charged with examining the application of ILO Conventions and Recommendations by ILO member States.
Report III(1B) Collective bargaining in the public service: a way forward
25 February 2013
General Survey of Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations (2013).
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.