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Social Dialogue: Key to Achieving the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals

Promoting participatory social dialogue is a fundamental means to address the challenges and seize the opportunities that are emerging from changes in the wold of work and technological advances, writes the ILO’s Shaza Jondi.

Tripartite Consultation

Turkmenistan ratifies the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144)

Turkmenistan is the 149th member State to have ratified this Convention.

Joint call by the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) on Governments to...

ITUC and the IOE appeal to governments to increase efforts on SDGs, and particularly on SDG 8

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ETHIOPIA - “Getting myself through college is my priority”

As Ethiopia embarks on the journey of industrialization, more and more young people are joining the garment and textile industry to make ends meet.

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | ETHIOPIA - “The training helped me to understand the importance of team work which is critical to improve...

An ILO project is contributing to the development of a socially sustainable textile and garment industry in Ethiopia through improved labour relations, productivity, wages and working conditions.

Social dialogue

Social dialogue highlighted on the inauguration and commencement of the Somali National Tripartite Consultative Committee

The first meeting of the ‘Somali National Tripartite Consultative Committee (SNTCC) took place in Mogadishu on Thursday 4th September 2019

Inauguration and Commencement of the Somali National Tripartite Committee: BIPARTITE STATEMENT

« 100 Years – 100 Lives » | SOUTH AFRICA - “The Domestic Workers Convention can become a powerful tool for justice”

A union leader from South Africa explains how the ILO Domestic Workers Convention made a difference in the struggle to improve working conditions for this particularly vulnerable group.

Getting myself through college is my priority

As Ethiopia embarks on the journey of industrialization, more and more young people are joining the garment and textile industry to make ends meet.

ILO video on ready-made garment workers’ rights goes ‘viral’

YouTube film on three female workers and freedom of association clocks up over 800K views.

World of Work: Issues and Challenges for Trade Unions

Inaugural address by Ms Dagmar Walter, Director, ILO Country Office for India and Decent Work Team for South Asia at the National workshop on World of Work: Issues and Challenges for Trade Unions

Tripartite Consultation

Uzbekistan ratifies the Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144)

Uzbekistan is the 148th member State to have ratified this Convention.

Two major Chinese employers’ organizations team up to strengthen collective bargaining

ILO Organizes a First-time International Certification Course on Labour Mediation in Georgia

The certification course helped to increase the recognition of certified conciliators and mediators and raise awareness on ILO standards and competencies.

Tripartite Negotiating Forum: Reinvigorating the social contract

Steps to institutionalise social dialogue in Zimbabwe, although small and measured, look promising as there are many positive examples from Africa to learn from. There is little reason to fail as the ILO Global Commission report: Working for a...

Collective Bargaining

Vietnam ratifies the Collective Bargaining Convention

Vietnam becomes the 167th ILO Member State to ratify Convention No. 98

Indigenous and tribal peoples

Moving away from the veto debate and focus instead on proper consultation procedures, one of the main conclusions of Global Dialogue on...

On the 30th anniversary of its adoption, ILO constituents and UN mechanisms on the rights of indigenous peoples held a dialogue on ILO Convention No. 169

ILO PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR ECOWAS LABOUR MARKET GOVERNANCE

In order to strengthen dialogue, coordination and collaboration among Member States in the Labour and Employment fields within the region, the ECOWAS Commission organised a 3-day General Assembly of the ECOWAS Tripartite Social Dialogue Forum in...

Promoting the ratification of ILO conventions in Timor-Leste

The ILO promotes the ratification of three ILO Conventions in Timor-Leste that are relevant with the needs and conditions of this young country. Since its independence in 2002, Timor-Leste has made significant progress.

Employers and workers of Timor-Leste agree to promote constructive industrial relations

Representatives of employers’ and workers’ organizations sat down together bilaterally for the first time, facilitated by the ILO. They agreed to build a social dialogue culture in the country as a means to develop greater trust and constructive...