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Industrial relations

Multi-employer social dialogue benefits southern garment workers

The collective action can reduce staff turnover, strengthen the relationship between workers and employers, and promote stable industrial relations, allowing workers to enjoy the same working conditions across firms.

OSH Consultative Meeting

Towards more integrated OSH programmes

The ILO initiated an occupational safety and health (OSH) consultative meeting with its relevant social partners. By sharing OSH knowledge, programmes, lessons learnt and challenges, the ILO and its social partners could develop stronger workplace...

Promoting decent work and road safety for truck drivers of GMS countries

Governments, employers and workers from the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) agree to enhance decent work by promoting social dialogue, skills development and cross-border coordination in road freight transport.

Ready-made garment industry

Social dialogue is key to establish minimum wages

Strengthening the roles of Indonesian OSH Council to provide better protection for young workers

The participation of Indonesian youth in promoting OSH is crucial. About half the 130 million population is under the age of 30 and many of them work in sectors with a high risk of workplace accidents and disease, such as the construction sector....

Sharing lessons learnt in promoting evidence-based wages fixing and collective bargaining in the garment sector

The Labour Standards in Global Supply Chains (LSGSC) came to an end in March 2019, and contributed to promoting evidence-based minimum wage fixing and wage policy development and interest-based collective bargaining in the garment sector in...

Collective bargaining

Multi-employer collective bargaining agreement extended to 10 tourism companies

The number of participating firms in Da Nang City is expected to reach 50 in 2019.

News update

ILO Boosts Disaster Resilience of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Sri Lanka

With the support from Government of Japan ILO assist in strengthening climate change resilience and disaster recovery within Sri Lanka’s MSME sector.

Established, a trade union network for fostering social dialogue in Indonesia palm oil industry

Indonesia is one of the biggest producers of palm oil in the world. Trade unions federations in the palm oil sector initiated the establishment of the Indonesia Palm Oil Trade Union Network to promote social dialogue as means to realize decent work...

United Nations Day celebrated in Qatar

United Nations Day has been celebrated for the first time in Qatar, marking the strong relationship between the UN and the State of Qatar.

Tripartism and social dialogue in Bangladesh

Taking social dialogue to the next level

Tripartism and social dialogue in Bangladesh

Navigating successful trade unions

Tripartite Consultation

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

Our impact, Their voices

Myanmar apparel: ILO project helps factories to improve efficiency and productivity

Garment manufacturing involves various operations carried out by different operators at different stations. If not executed efficiently, these operations may jeopardize productivity, cause economic loss, and ultimately damage workplace relations.

Panel discussion on ‘The benefits: learning from practical experience of producers – case study of collective bargaining at Kohinoor...

The ILO Labour Standards in Global Supply Chains (LSGSC) project, which is funded by BMZ on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany, facilitated a panel discussion at the regional Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue for Change Conference on Scaling up...

Entrepreneurship

ILO certified SCORE trainers bring innovation to Myanmar factories

Over 100 Myanmar factory owners and managers attended an event where ILO certified SCORE consultants presented SCORE Training, a training and consulting package designed to improve the performance of small and medium sized factories.

Collective Bargaining

Mexico ratifies the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)

OSH Campaign

Enhancing OSH in the workplace, through social dialogue

National occupational safety and health (OSH) systems can be improved and strengthened by creating a culture of prevention through meaningful social dialogue. This requires effective cooperation and collaboration among government, employer and...

Industrial relations

Myanmar garment industry managers trained on fair HR procedures

The ILO has teamed up with twenty garment factories in Yangon to promote positive and sound industrial relations at the workplace level, and to build confidence between workers and employers through good HR practices.

Women in unions

“Trade unions need to strategize to reach youth, and vulnerable workers”

Amarjeet Kaur, General secretary, All India Trade Union Congress speaks with the ILO on the role of unions in today’s changing times, and what must be done more to strengthen workers’ rights.