News and articles

August 2019

  1. Freedom of Association to the Working Youth

    31 August 2019

    The ILO EU GSP+ Project asked a young working student on freedom of association. The project has contributed towards better understanding of the right to organize, freedom of association and collective bargaining.

  2. Freedom of Association to the Working Youth (Extended version)

    31 August 2019

    The ILO EU GSP+ Project asked a young working student on freedom of association. The project has contributed towards better understanding of the right to organize, freedom of association and collective bargaining.

July 2019

  1. Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining for Journalist Unions

    03 July 2019

    East Africa remains one of the most difficult region for journalists. How to better protect this vulnerable group of workers? Organizing journalists to join Unions is an effective way to improve their working conditions. In East Africa, local journalists discussed recently about the importance of Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining for journalists. Find out here the views of some of the participants to the workshop on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining for Journalists held in Diani (Kenya) from 13 to 17 May 2019…

June 2017

  1. Fundamental principles and rights at work: Interview with Vijaya Lakshmi Bagalur Venkata

    12 June 2017

    Vijaya Lakshmi Bagalur Venkata, National Secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), explains how unions are addressing the challenges of the violations of the ILO Fundamental Principles and Rights at work.

  2. Fundamental principles and rights at work: Interview with Stephen Russell

    12 June 2017

    Stephen Russell, Policy Officer of the Trade Union Congress (TUC-UK), explains how unions are addressing the challenges of the violations of the ILO Fundamental Principles and Rights at work.

  3. Fundamental principles and rights at work: Interview with Sharan Burrow

    12 June 2017

    Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), explains how unions are addressing the challenges of the violations of the ILO Fundamental Principles and Rights at work.

  4. President of Uruguay at the ILO Conference: Social dialogue and collective bargaining are essential for progress

    05 June 2017

    Without agreements, there is no progress, President Tabaré Vázquez said at the opening day of the ILO annual meeting in Geneva. In his message to delegates, he warned that "we must not wait for the future, we must build it."

March 2017

  1. Fair competition can protect workers in globalized world

    29 March 2017

    Director of ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities, Maria Helena André, shares insights about her first visit to Viet Nam in March 2017. During her working trip, she had the opportunity to meet leaders of the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour as well as the Commission of External Affairs and Commission of People’s Mobilization of the Party Central Committee.

December 2016

  1. Noriyuki Suzuki: “Violations of workers’ rights remain a challenge in the Asia- Pacific region”

    07 December 2016

    The General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation - Asia Pacific (ITUC-AP), Noriyuki Suzuki, discusses the decent work challenges the unions face in his region Fair migration and the role of unions in the implementation of the ILO’s Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy in Asia Pacific are particular priorities for him.

May 2016

  1. Legal Guarantees of Collective Bargaining and Social Dialogue: A Conference in Tomsk

    26 May 2016

    On 25 to 26 May, the ILO-FITUR Conference “Legal Guarantees of Collective Bargaining and Social Dialogue” was held in Tomsk for participants from the Siberian Federal District (SFO), attended by Sergey Nekrasov, FITUR First Deputy Chairman.