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ILO Governing Body adopts reports of the Committee on Freedom of Association

24 June 2013

The Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) draws special attention to three serious and urgent country cases while noting progress in others.
El Salvador’s Victoria Marina Velásquez de Avilés elected chairperson of the ILO’s Governing Body

21 June 2013

The country’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN’s Geneva Office will head the International Labour Organization’s executive body for the period 2013-2014.

ILO calls on Greece to bring its labour relations system back to fundamental rights

15 November 2012

In this year’s November session, the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association – the supervisory body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) that examines cases concerning employers’ and trade unions’ rights to organize, collective bargaining and social dialogue – examined an extensive deficit of social dialogue in austerity measures taken in Greece and highlighted the need for ILO assistance in the country.