Trade Unions in transition

The ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work identified four drivers that impact the world of work. These are globalization, demographic, environmental and technological changes. These drivers affect the labour markets of today and tomorrow, and with that the future of trade unions: the potential of organizing and servicing workers, and to speak with one voice to participate in inclusive and effective social dialogue.

Skills and Lifelong Learning

Skills and Lifelong Learning (LLL) are of crucial importance for workers’ organisations, both as actors and as stakeholders. This is even more the case today as the world of work has been changing rapidly.

International Journal of Labour Research

COVID-19 and Recovery: The Role of Trade Unions in Building Forward Better

The 2021 edition of the International Journal of Labour Research explores strategies for workers and their organizations to shape COVID-19 response policies as well as adapting internally to provide vital services to workers and continue fulfilling their societal role as advocate for social justice and workers’ rights.

Trade Union Movement

The likely impact of COVID-19 on the achievement of SDG 8 – The role of Trade Unions

This report presents the findings of a global survey on the likely impacts of COVID-19 on the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda. The survey focused on SDG 8 and specifically on four targets and two indicators for which the International Labour Organization (ILO) is a custodian agency.

COVID-19 and Workers' organisations

A Global trend analysis on the role of trade unions in times of COVID-19

This Policy Brief is primarily directed to workers and their organizations. Its main purpose is to promote a better understanding of the pivotal role trade unions have played in COVID-19 responses worldwide either through tripartite and bipartite social dialogue, bilateral interactions with their governments or targeted actions carried out in support of their members and society as a whole.

An ILO for All Seasons-The International Labour Organization's Ways out of Crisis

Over a hundred years, the ILO has developed International Labour Standards and Policy Responses to mitigate the effects of employment and social crises.The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how hasards move in a globalized world.

Report

Managing Conflicts and Disasters: Exploring Collaboration between Employers’ and Workers’ Organizations

This publication looks at the role that employers and workers, through their respective organizations, play in crisis situations arising from conflict and disaster.