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ACTRAV - both at headquarters, in the regions and at the International Training Centre in Turin - publishes a wide variety of manuals, brochures and practical guides on a broad spectrum of issues of interest to workers.

Thanks to its close ties with trade union organizations across the world, its presence in the field in various regions and to its training activities, ACTRAV is at the centre of a vast network for information on the trade union movement. This information is placed at the service of the International Labour Office and its constituents and of the public at large through the media, universities and NGOs.

The principal vehicles for this information are in addition to its web pages:

  • Press Releases (ACTRAV Info)
  • Newsletters (Human Rights at Work)
  • Publications

Until recently ACTRAV published the quarterly review Labour Education in three languages English, French and Spanish, devoted to analysis and forward studies. It drew on the best specialists from the world of work and dealt with topics of burning issues.

Starting in 2009 a new ACTRAV publication replaced Labour Education. The International Journal of Labour Research was established to provide a vehicle for disseminating recent research on labour and social policies from trade union researchers and academics around the world. This journal is multi-disciplinary and will be of interest to trade union researchers, labour ministries and academics of all relevant disciplines worldwide - industrial relations, sociology, law, economics and political science. Each focuses on a specific theme and the journal is published twice a year in English, French and Spanish.

Below you will find a list of all ACTRAV publications by year, including the new journal. You can browse by area of interest or region by using the search possibilities in the right column of this page.

Press releases and Newsletters are found by selecting those headings in the left column of this page.

2011

  1. ACTRAV INFO: July 2011

    01 July 2011

    ACTRAV INFO, A monthly newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), No 5 July 2011.

  2. Crisis: Causes, Prospects and Alternatives

    28 June 2011

    The crisis of 2008 revealed the fault lines in the world economy for all to see. Three decades of a social experiment with radical market-oriented policies have not only failed to deliver decent standards of living to most workers around the world, but have brought us to the brink of a major world depression.

  3. There is an alternative: Economic Policies and Labour Strategies beyond the Mainstream

    09 June 2011

    A key message of the 2011 Global Labour Column anthology is that we need a plurality of ideas in order to develop and ultimately choose between different policy options. This volume will be of great interest to academic scholars as well as trade union activists and policy-makers.

  4. ACTRAV INFO: June 2011

    01 June 2011

    ACTRAV INFO, A monthly newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), No 4 June 2011.

  5. ACTRAV INFO: May 2011

    02 May 2011

    ACTRAV INFO, A monthly newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), No 3 May 2011.

  6. Toolkit for Trade Unions on HIV and AIDS Guide

    19 April 2011

    There is already a huge amount of literature about HIV and AIDS. Do we need one more toolkit? There is growing recognition that the world of work is a vital entry point for the achievement of universal access.

  7. Toolkit for Trade Unions on HIV and AIDS (Booklet 6)

    19 April 2011

    Booklet 6: Project Development and Proposal-Writing

  8. Toolkit for Trade Unions on HIV and AIDS (Booklet 5)

    19 April 2011

    Booklet 5-Mobilizing Resources for Trade Union Action

  9. Toolkit for Trade Unions on HIV and AIDS (Booklet 4)

    19 April 2011

    Booklet 4- Trade Union Education and Training on HIV and AIDS

  10. Toolkit for Trade Unions on HIV and AIDS(Booklet 3)

    19 April 2011

    Booklet 3-Workplace Action on HIV and AIDS: Contributing to Universal Access

  11. Toolkit for Trade Unions on HIV and AIDS(Booklet 2)

    19 April 2011

    Booklet 2-Respect for Rights: The Key to Labour and Workplace Responses.

  12. Toolkit for Trade Unions on HIV and AIDS (Booklet 1)

    19 April 2011

    Booklet 1: Core information on HIV and AIDS, the impact and the global response.

  13. ACTRAV INFO: April 2011

    01 April 2011

    ACTRAV INFO, A monthly newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), No 2 April 2011.

  14. Climate Change and Labour: The Need for a “Just Transition”

    21 March 2011

    Climate change is now widely acknowledged as one of the great – if not the greatest – challenges facing humanity in the coming decades. Through its impact on average temperature, precipitations and sea levels, it will endanger the livelihood of hundreds of millions and impose increasing costs on our societies if nothing is done.

  15. ACTRAV INFO: March 2011

    14 March 2011

    ACTRAV INFO, A monthly newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), No 1 March 2011.

2010

  1. Trade Unions and Decent Work Country Programmes: A Resource Package

    15 December 2010

    Tripartism and social dialogue are essential tools to achieve the Decent Work Agenda and should be mainstreamed throughout the Office, but particularly in the context of the Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP)1 process which is a tool to implement the Social Justice Declaration and the Global Jobs Pact.All ILO constituents should be involved in the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Decent Work activities at the country level.As one of the four strategic objectives, tripartism and social dialogue is the policy framework for the entire DWCP process and a tool to operationalize the other strategic objectives. They constitute a core element of the 2010-2015 Strategic Policy Framework (SPF) and can assist the ILO structures at all levels to apply this approach.

  2. National Trade Union Conference on the Ratification of ILO Core Labour Standards , 24-26 August 2010 , New Delhi

    01 September 2010

    The INTUC with the support of the ILO/ACTRAV together with the other central trade unions convened a National Conference on the Ratification of the ILO Core Labour Conventions from 24-26 August 2010 at the India Habitat Center, New Delhi.

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