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Collective bargaining and collaboration at enterprise level in a pluralism context – workshop in Minsk

On 13-14 May Minsk hosted a workshop on Collective bargaining and collaboration at enterprise level in a pluralism context, organized by the ILO with support of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection.

ILO and Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean launch new course in Labour Diplomacy

The Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean, in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO), has created a new module in Labour Diplomacy. It is one of a series of diplomacy courses offered by the Academy

Working conditions and productivity

When dialogue makes good sense for businesses and workers alike

The successful introduction of effective and regular systems for employers and workers to communicate has boosted productivity and improved working conditions in a Viet Nam auto production company. It has also shown how important it is for such...

Tanzania’s President, H.E. Jakaya Kikwete addresses workers at May day celebrations: Acknowledges youth unemployment challenge

Thousands of workers and the public at large in Tanzania joined other workers in the world to commemorate the International Workers Day this year. The event was marked in Mwanza with the Swahili theme “Mfanyakazi Jiandikishe, Kura yako ina thamani...

International experts familiarize themselves with Uzbekistan’s trade union movement

On April 24, Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent hosted an international conference focusing on trade unions’ role in ensuring citizens’ guarantees to decent work and the republic’s experience.

Employers’ organizations work towards improving the enabling environment for sustainable enterprises

Representatives of employers’ organizations from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, met in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 20-21 April 2015 at an ILO Sub-regional...

Arab Labour Conference

ILO Director-General: Creating jobs key to stability in the Arab region

In his address to the Arab Labour Organization’s 42nd Conference, International Labour Organization Director-General Guy Ryder urged the region’s leaders to tackle unemployment, respond to globalization challenges, strengthen the private sector and...

Arab Labour Conference

ILO Director-General to open Arab Labour Conference in Kuwait

Guy Ryder to address the opening of the 42nd session of the Arab Labour Conference.

Caribbean Forum to challenge conventional wisdom

The Forum on the Future of the Caribbean is being co-hosted by The University of the West Indies (UWI) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago in collaboration with United Nations System and regional inter-governmental partners,...

323rd session of the ILO Governing Body

Luc Cortebeeck, President of the Workers’ Group: “The right to strike has been recognized and the ILO supervisory mechanism is back in...

The 323rd session of the ILO Governing Body has just finished in Geneva. In this interview, President of the Workers’ Group Luc Cortebeeck discusses the outcomes achieved at this session, in particular on the issue of the right to strike. He also...

Decent Work Country Programme

First cooperation agreement between the ILO and Montenegro

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Montenegro signed its first cooperation programme to promote social dialogue, create more and better jobs, and formalize the informal economy.

Migrant workers in garment sector

Unified contract for migrant garment workers in Jordan unveiled at buyers’ forum

The contract is one of the main provisions of the collective bargaining agreement between employer associations and the garment union designed to improve industrial relations and working conditions.

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Promoting more and better jobs for inclusive growth

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will work together to promote job-rich inclusive growth, sustainable enterprises, more effective social dialogue and formalization of the informal economy...

Poor farmers and landless peasants claim their rights through collective bargaining

Representatives of the harris, peasants and the landless farmers from the Dadu and Mirpurkhas districts of Sindh learned their right to form trade unions and collectively bargain with their employers/ landlords during an awareness raising seminar on...

Social dialogue

ILO welcomes Fiji tripartite agreement on labour relations

Caribbean Labour Ministers commit to strengthening social dialogue, while focusing on youth employment and the greening of the economy

The 9th International Labour Organization (ILO) Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers concluded with a commitment to strengthen social dialogue further both at the national and regional levels, and with renewed impetus to focus on creative solutions...

ILO launches regional social dialogue project with CEC and CCL

A number of activities, covering the first 12 months of the Project, will serve to strengthen workers' and employers' organizations to engage more effectively in social dialogue at the regional level.

Women trade union leaders from Central Asia discuss promotion of equal opportunities

From February 23 to 27 Moldova’s capital Chisinau hosted a seminar entitled “Decent labour rights of women and promotion of equal opportunities: best practices and prospects.”

Important ILO programme to assist Georgia in its efforts to promote labour relations and social dialogue in Georgia

The Government of Georgia and the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched a project entitled “Promoting Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in Georgia”.

Export Processing Zones

Claude Akpokavie, Senior ILO Adviser:“Engaging in policy debates and organizing workers, are two key challenges faced by unions in Export...

The Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ILO-ACTRAV) has just published a Trade Union Manual on Export Processing Zones (EPZ). In this interview, Claude Akpokavie, ACTRAV’s focal point on EPZ explains the main lessons highlighted in the manual and the...