Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)
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13-23 March 2023
347th Session of the Governing Body
The ILO’s Governing Body will meet in Geneva for its 347th Session, between 13 - 23 March. Discussions among the representatives of Governments, Workers and Employers will include the report of the Director-General, developments in Member States, and proposals for a Global Coalition on Social Justice.
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International Women’s Day 2023
Employment-related gender gaps greater than previously thought, ILO report finds
A new indicator developed by the International Labour Organization finds that women’s access to employment, working conditions and pay gap have barely improved in the past two decades.
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International Journal of Labour Research
Unions must work together and find ways to organize new forms of work
Trade unions need to strengthen their unity, attract more young people and organize workers in the digital economy, according to the 2022 edition of the International Journal of Labour Research.
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28-30 November 2022
Launch of the ACTRAV Technological Change at the workplace resource package
The meeting aims to present and discuss among trade unions, experts and ILO officials the impact of technological advancements on workplaces.
Publications and briefs
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Trade Union Revitalization
Trade unions navigating and shaping change
20 March 2023
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Trade Union Revitalization
Digital technologies and trade union revitalization in the Arab States region
07 March 2023
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New Technologies
Improving Workers' Data Rights
28 November 2022
News and articles
Key areas of work
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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.
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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.
Key resources
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Manual
Dealing with crises arising from conflicts and disasters-ILO training manual for workers’ organizations
This training manual focusses on situations that are at the crossroads of humanitarian assistance, development, peacebuilding and resilience. It contributes to anchoring the role of the ILO and the social partners across this field.
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Guide
Workers’ guide to ILO Conventions concerning minimum standards of social security
The guide aims to help workers’ representatives to promote the ratification of ILO standards, and in particular Convention No. 102, and to ensure their application at national level as a basis for progressively extending adequate and sustainable social protection to all.
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Report
Decent work deficits among rural workers
This report is a summary of the findings of 16 case studies commissioned by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) in mid-2021 to examine the situation concerning decent work and existing opportunities for trade union organizing in rural economies in selected countries and economic sectors in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Eastern Europe.
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Report
Social Dialogue Report 2022: Collective bargaining for an inclusive, sustainable and resilient recovery
This first edition of this new ILO flagship report focuses on collective bargaining.
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Report
Pay transparency legislation: Implications for employers' and workers' organizations
This paper provides an overview of pay transparency legislations within the wider set of policies to reduce the gender pay gap.