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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.

2009

  1. Global Capital Strategies and Trade Union Responses: Collective Bargaining and Transnational Trade Union cooperation

    01 December 2009

    International Journal of Labour Research,2009 Vol. 1, Issue 2:The new issue of the International Journal of Labour Research presents a collection of papers that analyse in detail the character of global capital strategies and their impact on workers, as well as trade union responses to these strategies, in particular responses related to the development of transnational forms of collective bargaining.

  2. Trade union strategies towards global production systems

    09 October 2009

    International Journal of Labour Research,2009 Vol. 1, Issue 1: The International Journal of Labour Research is published by the Bureau for Workers’ Activities. It provides an overview of recent research on labour and social policies from trade union researchers and academics around the world. The International Journal of Labour Research is multidisciplinary and will be of interest to trade union researchers, labour ministries and academics of all relevant disciplines - industrial relations, sociology, law, economics and political science. It is published twice a year in English, French and Spanish.

  3. ACTRAV Helpdesk on Financial and Economic Crisis

    19 August 2009

    The ACTRAV Helpdesk offers advice and information and makes available workable tools and materials to assist trade unions regarding how they manage their responses to the financial and economic crisis and uphold workers’ rights.

  4. Human.Rights@Work No 1/09

    06 August 2009

    “Trade union rights are human rights” A regular newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)

2008

  1. Human.Rights@Work No 3/08

    24 December 2008

    “Trade union rights are human rights” A regular newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)

  2. Sourcebook on Economic Literacy for Trade Unions in Africa

    12 September 2008

    Most people find economics boring or intimidating. They tend to think that it is an area that is best left to the ‘experts’. The truth is that we are all part of the economy–workers, unemployed people, consumers, rich and poor. We all live the economy; we enjoy its benefits and suffer its failures and, therefore, we should have some say about how it works–what are the rules, who decides, who benefits. Economic literacy means having a basic understanding of how the economy works.

  3. Human.Rights@Work No 2/08

    15 July 2008

    “Trade union rights are human rights” A regular newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)

  4. Human.Rights@Work No 1/08

    28 April 2008

    “Trade union rights are human rights” A regular newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)

2007

  1. Human.Rights@Work No 3/07

    20 December 2007

    “Trade union rights are human rights” A regular newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)

  2. Human.Rights@Work No 2/07

    23 July 2007

    “Trade union rights are human rights” A regular newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)

  3. Human.Rights@Work No 1/07

    16 April 2007

    “Trade union rights are human rights” A regular newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)

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