| When |
19 - 20 November 2009 |
| Where |
Geneva, Switzerland |
| Type |
Inter-regional meeting |
| Organised by |
Industrial and Employment Relations Department |
| Contacts |
Susan Hayter, DIALOGUE, E-mail: hayter@ilo.org Tel: +41 22 799 6944, Fax: +41 22 799 8749
Johanna de Vries, DIALOGUE, Administrative and financial information, E-mail: devries@ilo.org Tel: +41 22 799 7371 Fax: +41 22 799 7371 |
Background
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Convention No. 98 on the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining (1949), which was later supplemented by Convention No. 151 on Labour Relations (Public Service) (1978) and Convention No. 154 on Collective Bargaining (1981). While much has changed since these conventions were adopted, collective bargaining remains an important tool with which to improve incomes and working conditions and advance social justice. Through collective bargaining, innovative means are being found to address contemporary labour market challenges such as increasing employment insecurity and rising inequality.
Governments, employers' and workers' organizations will gather at the High Level Tripartite Meeting to review trends in different parts of the world, examine innovative practices, including responses to the economic crisis, and explore the role of the governments in creating an enabling environment.
Objectives of the meeting:
- Examine recent trends and innovations in collective bargaining.
- Examine the role that collective bargaining plays in labour market governance.
- Define a common agenda for promoting the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.
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