Workers and Employers Organizations resources

December 2016

  1. Organizing, Collective Bargaining & Actions for Gender Equality: Trade Union Training for Women Union Leaders

    The training seeks to contribute towards the efforts of the trade unions to promote actions for equality, gender justice and leadership of women in trade unions. The workshop will be an opportunity for the women union representatives to not only review the situation facing women in the world of work and challenges for promoting gender equality but also contribute towards strengthening technical and organizational capacities of the women union leaders for follow up in the areas of organizing, collective bargaining and actions for gender equality.

  2. Opening address at the ILO-ATUC Training Workshop for ATUC Focal Points on Migrant Labour

    12 December 2016

    By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the ILO-ATUC Training Workshop for ATUC Focal Points on Migrant Labour, Manila, Philippines, 12 December 2016

October 2016

  1. Key note address at the Kiribati Trade Union Congress (KTUC) Annual General Meeting

    31 October 2016

    By on behalf of Mr Satoshi Sasaki, OIC, ILO Office for the Pacific Island Countries at the Kiribati Trade Union Congress (KTUC) Annual General Meeting

September 2016

  1. New initiative to improve labour rights in Myanmar

    20 September 2016

    The Governments of Myanmar, the United States, Japan, Denmark, and the European Union and the International Labor Organization convened the 2016 Stakeholder Forum under their joint Initiative to Promote Fundamental Labor Rights and Practices in Myanmar.

  2. Code of conduct and guidelines to prevent and address sexual harassment in workplace

    20 September 2016

    The right to safe working conditions and equality in treatment at the workplace are inseparable from the right to work. The right to work can be seriously impaired with when employees are subjected to sexual and gender based forms of violence such as sexual harassment in the workplace.

  3. Opening address at the IndustriALL national workshop on workers’ participation in the labour law compliance system

    08 September 2016

    By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the National consultation of the IndustriALL national workshop on workers’ participation in the labour law compliance system, Quezon City, Philippines, 8 September 2016

August 2016

  1. Measures to Increase Employment of Nationals in Expatriate Dominated Occupations and promote decent work among all workers

    31 August 2016

    The high dependence on foreign labour makes employment and migration two interdependent issues requiring a coordinated strategy. On the one hand, nearly half of the employed are foreigners , and not only they play a predominant role in low skilled occupations, but are numerous also among professionals and technicians. On the other hand, despite the buoyant economic growth that allowed the Maldives to reach the status of a middle-income country in 2011 , the labour market has been increasingly characterised by unemployment and discouragement.

  2. A model for reconciliation through local economic empowerment and sustainable employment generation

    30 August 2016

    The Ministry of Labour & Trade Union Relations in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) hosted a National Forum on lessons learnt from the ILO implemented Local Empowerment for Economic Development(LEED) project funded by the Government of Australia on 30th August 2016 in Colombo.

July 2016

  1. ILO-Thai Trade Unions meeting on Trade Unions agenda for decent work in Thailand

    25 July 2016

  2. Conclusions

    12 July 2016

    This is the conclusions of the ILO Regional Seminar on the Role of Trade Unions in Facilitating the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy during 3-5 August 2016 to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka