Events and meetings

September 2012

1. Kenya: Symposium on Police-Management Relations in Africa

   03 September 2012

   For many years, the police and prisons services were usually excluded from general labour legislation in many countries. Police and Prisons Acts were enacted covering issues such as appointment and service conditions, but there was no involvement of the officers themselves. Even as other civil servants gained their organizational rights, the police and prisons did not, arguably due to the nature of their responsibility for the internal security of the country.

June 2012

1. Tribute to Lord Brett of Lydd, former President of Workers’ group and Vice-President of the ILO’s Governing Body

   21 June 2012

   The former President of Workers’ group and Vice-President of the ILO’s Governing Body (from 1993 to 2002), Lord Bill Brett of Lydd passed away in March 2012. Following his death, a tribute was paid to him during the 313th Session of ILO Governing Body in March 2012, and at the 101st Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2012.

2. Social justice and growth: The role of the minimum wage

   07 June 2012

   International Journal of Labour Research Launch of Vol. 4 Issue 1 and Panel Discussion

3. Confronting Finance: Mobilizing the 99% for economic and social progress

   01 June 2012

   Book Lauch and Panel Discussion with Mr. Vasco Pedrina, Vice President of Building and Wood Workers International (BWI- Europe Region), Mr. Frank Hoffer, Senior Research Officer (ILO-ACTRAV) and Ms. Phumzile Ncube (Editor).

January 2012

1. Workshop on Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises in Barbados

   13 January 2012

   A workshop is to be organized to present and validate a draft report on an enabling environment for sustainable enterprises in Barbados. The draft paper includes secondary data, the results of a national survey conducted in November 2011 by the Barbadian social partners led by BWU, as well as supplementary information collected by ILO and the Barbadian social partners.

November 2011

1. Tanzania:Tripartite Workshop on Improving Communication and Media Strategies for the Promotion of Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining

   15 November 2011

2. Tanzania:High-Level Seminar on Promoting Freedom of Association and the Effective Recognition of the Right to Collective Bargaining

   04 November 2011

   The High-Level Seminar Promoting Freedom of Association and the Effective Recognition of the Right to Collective Bargaining was organised by the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) projects Global Project on promoting freedom of association and collective bargaining and Improving Labour Law Compliance in the United Republic of Tanzania (ILLC).

September 2011

1. Latin America and the Caribbean Internal Coordination Meeting

   05 September 2011

2. Ideas on the ACTEMP-ACTRAV Meeting

   05 September 2011

August 2011

1. 

   Nepal: Campaign for Ratification and Application of ILO Conventions Nos. 87 and 98 in the Asia-Pacific Region

   25 August 2011

   The Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ILO-ACTRAV), in cooperation with the International Trade Union Confederation-Asia Pacific (ITUC-AP) and the trade union organizations of Nepal, is running a campaign for the ratification and application of ILO Conventions Nos.87 and 98 in a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

June 2011

1. 

   Domestic Worker Research Network: Invitation to Launch & Reception

   08 June 2011

   The "Domestic Worker Research Network" (DW-RN) - an international and interdisciplinary network of researchers and activists - cordially invites you to attend a private reception to celebrate its official launch on the occasion of the conclusion of the discussion on Decent Work for Domestic Workers at the 100th session of the International Labour Conference.

2. Reorganizing the Labour Movement in the Americas: Sharing Successes and Challenges

   07 June 2011

May 2011

1. 

   100tth Session of the International Labour Conference

   31 May 2011

2. 

   There is an Alternative: Economic Policies and Labour Strategies beyond the Mainstream

   27 May 2011

   Panel Discussion: Sharan Burrow (ITUC) Richard Kozul-Wright (UNCTAD) Dan Cunniah (ACTRAV) Nicolas Pons-Vignon (Editor)

April 2011

1. Call for Papers - A Green Economy that Works for Social Progress (Deadline: 15 may 2011)

   18 April 2011

   The Global Union research Network (GURN) is organizing its second workshop on climate change and green jobs in October 2011 and trade unionists and researchers are invited to present papers and discuss the challenges these issues pose for organised labour.

2. Workshop on Wages, the Crisis and Economic Recovery

   13 April 2011

   ACTRAV’s International Journal of Labour Research is sponsoring a workshop on the theme of “wages, the crisis and economic recovery”. The objective is to stimulate a discussion on the linkages between the growing wage inequality and the crisis of 2008, and to examine how wages though collective bargaining and policies can play a role in bringing the world back onto a sustainable growth path.

3. 

   ACTRAV Symposium on Precarious Work (4-7 October, 2011)

   04 April 2011

   Worldwide, millions of workers suffer from precarious working conditions. They work, but lack decent jobs, security, protection and rights. The universality and sheer numerical dimension of the problem call for regulation on the international level. Trade Unions are expecting the ILO to live up to the Organization’s responsibility to address more comprehensively the challenge of widespread precarious employment in the world of work.

December 2010

1. Visiting Scholar at the ILO: Expression of Interest until 7th January 2011

   06 December 2010

   The International Labour Office, the secretariat of the International Labour Organization (ILO) is offering university professors and senior academics the opportunity to spend time as visiting scholars with the Bureau for Workers’ Activities, part of the ILO Social Dialogue Sector.

2. Regional Workshop on the Role of Trade Unions in Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers in Arab Countries

   01 December 2010

   The majority of domestic workers in Arab countries are migrant women from Asian and African countries. They largely live within the households that receive their services,under sponsorship arrangements. Excluded from labour and social security laws in the region, they are viewed as aliens or victims rather than workers at both the level of social perception and policy response. The undervaluation of care work at all levels leads to the undermining of workers performing it.

August 2010

1. Global Labour University Conference, 14-16 September 2010, Berlin, Germany

   23 August 2010

   The two days Global Labour University Conference has been providing a space for generating progressive responses to this unprecedented global crisis and the challenges labour is facing. The Global Labour University invited trade unionists and academic scholars to explore ideas for a progressive alternative to the failed globalisation regime. Fundamental change is required to protect people and societies against the current economic disorder. Democratic decision making needs to be the master of the market and not vice versa. The leaflet below (pdf) describes the Conference in more detail and under Key Resources you will find additional documents from the Conference.