Publications

United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation and the Decent Work Agenda – A Trade Union Reference Manual

10 February 2021

This document seeks to guide trade unions and encourage them to take on more assertive roles in processes shaping development policy at national, regional, and global levels. Trade unions can use this manual to more effectively contribute to the implementation, monitoring, and outcomes of the 2030 Agenda process, focusing particularly on Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) as well as regional and global sustainable development platforms, such as the High-Level Political Forum.
The likely impact of COVID-19 on the achievement of SDG 8 – The role of Trade Unions

10 February 2021

This report presents the findings of a global survey on the likely impacts of COVID-19 on the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda. The survey focused on SDG 8 and specifically on four targets and two indicators for which the International Labour Organization (ILO) is a custodian agency.

Managing Conflicts and Disasters: Exploring Collaboration between Employers’ and Workers’ Organizations

09 April 2020

This publication looks at the role that employers and workers, through their respective organizations, play in crisis situations arising from conflict and disaster.

Just Transition Towards Environmentally Sustainable Economies and Societies for All

22 October 2018

The transition to a carbon-neutral economy will affect every aspect of how we produce goods, provide services, move around and consume. The Paris Agreement (UNFCCC 2015), was a historical milestone, where nations committed themselves to transforming their development trajectories in order to limit global warming by 2100 to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This policy brief will address the main challenges in fulfilling these goals, how just transition can work in practice and what trade unions and workers’ organizations can do.

IJLR - Towards a Sustainable Economic Recovery: The case for a wage-led policies

22 November 2011

International Journal of Labour Research - IJLR, Vol.III/2, 2011. While much attention has been deservedly given to the financial roots of the current economic crisis, the role of wages as a cause as well as a solution has yet to be fully understood. To help fill this gap, this issue of the International Journal of Labour Research is largely dedicated to this topic.

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