News and articles
June 2021
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Violence and harassment in world of work: Thoughts of Felix Anthony, Fiji
25 June 2021
ILO Convention 190 on Violence and Harassment enters into force today, 25th June 2021. Since the adoption of this convention in 2019, unions have played an important role to end violence and harassment in the world work. Felix Anthony, National Secretary (FTUC) and General Secretary of National Union of Workers (NUW ) shares the experience in Fiji...
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Trade Unions matter in a human-centred recovery from COVID-19
24 June 2021
The new edition of the International Journal of Labour Research explores strategies to help workers and their organizations shape COVID-19 response policies and advocate for social justice and workers’ rights.
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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.
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ILO Support to Workers’ Organizations during the COVID 19 Pandemic
07 June 2021
COVID-19 has been a global human catastrophe. Since March 2020, the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) has been at the forefront to ensure that workers’ organizations have the information and assistance they need to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic..
May 2021
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109th Session of International Labour Conference: What are the challenges and opportunities for workers?
31 May 2021
Annette Mpundu Chipeleme, Workers’ Vice President of the 109th session of the International Labour Conference speaks about the challenges and opportunities of this first ever virtual session. She stresses the need to include international labour standards at the heart of recovery policies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic…
March 2021
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Trade Unions in Transition: Interview with Maria Helena André
22 March 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected workers and their organizations across the world. Maria Helena ANDRE, Director of the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) explains different scenarios, which may affect the future of trade unions. She stresses also the ILO’s expectations vis-à-vis the important role of workers’ organizations to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and reinforce trade union movement.
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COVID-19: Three priorities to assist Unions in 2021…
19 March 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected workers and their organizations across the world. From January to March 2021, the efforts of the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities have addressed three main challenges to assist trade unions. Learn more here...
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Interview with Mr Luc Cortebeeck, Former Chairperson of the ILO Governing Body
09 March 2021
Luc Cortebeeck is a former member of the Workers’ Group of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Governing Body. He has acted as Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Governing Body, and President of the Workers’ Group. He is Honorary President of the Confederation of Christian Trade Unions of Belgium (ACV-CSC).
February 2021
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Trade Unions' engagement is key to implement the UN Reform and the Agenda 2030
15 February 2021
On the occasion of the launch of two ACTRAV flagship publications for trade unions, Maria Helena ANDRE, Director of the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) explains why the engagement of trade unions is key for the implementation of UN Reforms and achieving progress on the SDGs. She stresses also the ILO’s expectations vis-à-vis the important role of workers’ organizations in development processes.
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The Role of Trade Unions in Achieving Agenda 2030
12 February 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected workers and their organizations across the world. From January to March 2021, the efforts of the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities have addressed three main challenges to assist trade unions. Learn more here...