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Trade union

Fair competition can protect workers in globalized world

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...

Media advisory

ILO to launch new book on social dialogue trends in the EU

New ILO study highlights emerging trends and good practices in social dialogue based on case studies in eleven EU Member States.

New collective agreement will provide better working conditions for mostly women private schools teachers in Jordan

The collective contract came about after a long negotiation process promoted by the National Committee for Pay Equity chaired by the Ministry of Labour and the Jordanian National Commission for Women and supported by the ILO.

Inequalities and the World of Work

Understanding and reducing inequalities in Europe

A new report by the ILO in cooperation with the European Commission looks at the key factors leading to rising inequalities in fourteen EU Member States.

ILO to strengthen Collective Bargaining in Rwanda

ILO works with the Government of Rwanda to improve social dialogue and collective bargaining among workers’ and Employers’ organizations.

16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting

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

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...

Sustainable and responsible business practices

Promoting sustainable and responsible business practices in Indonesia

The International Labour Organization (ILO) organized a series of seminars on sustainable and responsible business practices in Indonesia. These series of seminars responded to the complex challenges that currently affect the world of work,...

Sustainable and responsible business practices

Pathways to enhancing industrial relations in Indonesia

Attended by around 50 tripartite participants, the Forum presented results of the 7th Regional Tripartite Industrial Relations (IR) Seminar, “Promoting Social Dialogue within Enterprises”, held in Chiba, Japan, last September, highlighting the...

Sustainable and responsible business practices

Global hotel chains in Bali to promote youth employment

Around 30 members of Bali Hotel Association gathered in November to look at ways in which business could further advance the principles of the ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE...

Sustainable and responsible business practices

Promoting employment and enhancing business linkages in Indonesia

Around 80 representatives from multinational companies, employers’ associations, workers’ organizations, employment observers and academia gathered in Jakarta in November to look at ways in which business could further advance the principles of the...

New ILO study

New ILO report presents good practices in labour migration governance for domestic workers

ILO report calls for greater cooperation between countries of origin, transit and destination.

Our impact, their voice

Colombia: When collective bargaining is a key ingredient of productivity

A confection company in Colombia is the scene of an experiment in social dialogue and collective bargaining that has highlighted the importance of industrial relations focused on finding solutions. The ILO visited the Colombina factory in the Cauca...

Industrial relations

Enhancing industrial relations in Indonesia through sustainable and responsible business enterprise

The International Labour Organization (ILO) will organize an Industrial Relations Forum titled “Sustainable and Responsible Business Enterprises within Enterprises: Pathways to Enhancing Industrial Relations in Indonesia” on Wednesday, 16 November...

Forty (40) Negotiators from Government and Public Service Workers' Unions complete ILO training on Mutual Gains negotiation Skills

About forty (40) government and trade union negotiators have been trained on mutual gains negotiation skills. They were drawn from the National Joint Negotiation Council (NJNC) and the Health Service Bipartite Negotiating Panel (HSBNP). The NJNC and...

133 factory workers and managers benefit from OSH training in Ethiopia

ILO provided training in occupational safety and health (OSH) to industries that don’t have a functional OSH system.

Foreign investment

ILO and WAIPA sign agreement on FDI and decent jobs

Agreement is expected to lead to the generation of decent jobs, sustainable businesses, more inclusive growth and better sharing of the benefits of foreign direct investment (FDI).

UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association to present 2016 Report to the UN General Assembly

On Thursday 20 October 2016, Mr. Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association will present his report "The rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association in the workplace" to the UN...

Industrial relations sighted as critical to develop socially sustainable textile industry in Africa

Productivity, worker’s right, decent working condition aren’t mutually exclusive, says Director of ILO Country Office for Addis Ababa.

Better Work Indonesia Business Forum 2016

More than 20 buyers and vendors participated in the Forum. This year annual forum was open to wider participation by upstream players such as vendors to support innovative solutions to labour standards challenges in their global supply chains.

Labour law compliance

Opening address at the IndustriALL national workshop on workers’ participation in the labour law compliance system

By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the National consultation of the IndustriALL national workshop on workers’ participation in the labour law compliance system, Quezon City, Philippines, 8 September 2016