News and articles

June 2021

  1. Meet the Specialists: Magnus Berge, Workers organizations

    14 June 2021

    Magnus Berge, Senior Specialist for Workers' Organizations explains how he supports ILO work with Trade Unions in Central and Eastern Europe. He promotes Trade Unions so that they can work more effectively to improve working conditions of workers and to protect workers' rights across the region. He advises Trade Unions when their rights are violated. ILO work with Workers organizations focuses on four areas: 1) helping Trade Unions modernize their operations and structures, 2) improve their service delivery to members, 3) helping them to communicate better about laws, workers' rights and services available for them, and 4) helping to draft good policy proposals on labour laws based on International Labour Standards.

June 2014

  1. What are the workers expectations from the Ouagadougou+10 summit? by Francis Atwoli

    05 June 2014

    On behalf of African Workers, Francis Atwoli expresses the workers expectations from the summit "Ouagadougou + 10", the African Union Extraordinary Summit on Employment, Poverty Eradication and Inclusive Development (September 2014). As vice president of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) and President of the Organization of African Trade Unions Unity, Mr. Atwoli delivered his speech on Thursday 5th June 2014 during the tripartite information session on "Ouagadougou + 10, chaired by Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization.

  2. ILC 2014: The situation of Migrant Workers in Hungary

    05 June 2014

    Migration is one of the topics of discussion at the 103rd International Labour Conference which is being held from 28 May to 12 June 2014 in Geneva. The following is an interview with Mr. György Károly, International Secretary of National Confederation of Hungarian Trade Unions (MSZOSZ) who expresses his views on the situation of migrant workers in Hungary.He also underlines his expectations from the ILO on Migration issue.