News and articles

November 2015

  1. 325th session of the ILO Governing Body: What were the results for the workers?

    24 November 2015

    The violation of labour rights in Qatar, Guatemala, Fiji and Myanmar was one of the items on the agenda of the 325th Session of the Governing Body that took place in Geneva from 2nd to 12th November 2015. In this interview, the President of the Workers’ Group of the Governing Body, Mr Luc Cortebeeck, reviews several agenda items, including the global refugee crisis and its labour market implications, and climate change, which is due to be discussed at the Paris Conference in December 2015.

May 2012

  1. May Day rally as part of labour union’s strategic action

    01 May 2012

    An opinion-editorial by Tauvik Muhamad, Programme Officer, ILO-Jakarta, focusing on the Indonesian labour movement and the urgency for the unions to come up with more strategic thinking and sustainable means of influencing the policy-making process. The opinion article was published by the Jakarta Post on 1 May.

  2. May Day: Trade union demonstration in Geneva

    01 May 2012

    Swiss trade unions, together with the ILO Staff Union, held a demonstration in Geneva to mark May Day.

April 2012

  1. Brazil: Second Congress of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA-CSA)

    20 April 2012

    The Second Congress of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA-CSA) was held in Brazil on 17-20 April 2012.

  2. Abidjan: Training on trade union unity in French-speaking Africa

    02 April 2012

    The General Secretaries of a number of African trade union organizations took part in a training seminar on the unity of the trade union movement in French-speaking Africa, held in the capital of Côte d'Ivoire from 29 March to 1 April 2012.

December 2011

  1. Indonesia: Sub-regional Seminar on Strengthening Union Capacity Overcoming Multiplicity of Unions in South East Asia

    14 December 2011

    From 12 to 14 December 2011, the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) organized a regional seminar in Jakarta on Strengthening Union Capacity Overcoming Multiplicity of Unions in South East Asia.

November 2009

  1. Statement of the X Ibero-American Union Summit

    30 November 2009

    Statement of the X Ibero-American Union Summit