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Statement of the Workers Group on the Unlawful Deregistration of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU)

New bill on trade unions to meet international standards – Kazakhstan’s Labour Ministry

Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of Population is drafting a new bill on trade unions.

Small and medium enterprises

Helping SMEs reach global production chain through workplace cooperation

Although small and medium-sized enterprises in Viet Nam have situated themselves at the heart of the economy, they are facing tough challenges to access the international market. A Switzerland and Norway-funded project is helping these less...

Labour standards and Social Dialogue

Georgia : A new start to promote ILO Standards and strengthen Social Dialogue

Georgian Trade Union Confederation (GTUC) launched a new program for the promotion and the ratification of ILO Conventions for the period 2013-2017 and strengthening social dialogue.

Georgia : A new start to promote ILO Standards and strengthen Social Dialogue

Georgian Trade Union Confederation (GTUC) launched a new program for the promotion and the ratification of ILO Conventions for the period 2013-2017 and strengthening social dialogue.

Trade union training on how to conduct negotiations with employers in Karaganda, Kazakhstan

How to keep disagreements from escalating into riots? Experts from the International Labour Organization – Magnus Berge, Chief Technical Adviser of the ILO’s Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV), and Sergeyus Glovackas, ILO Moscow Senior...

Interview

Interview with Maria Helena André, Director of ACTRAV

The recently appointed Director of the Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), Ms Maria Helena André wants to strengthen her department’s services for ILO’s worker constituents. A trade unionist and Portugal’s former Minister of Labour and Social...

Fixing the minimum wage hike: Does it matter?

An opinion-editorial by Tauvik Muhamad, Programme Officer, ILO-Jakarta, responding to the controversial debate on minimum wage fixing and to the recent issuance of the Presidential Instruction on minimum wage. The opinion article was published by...

The ILO – Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) and the Trade Unions in India

Asia Pacific Regional Symposium on the follow up to the Campaign for Ratification and Application of ILO Conventions 87 (Freedom of Association)and 98 (Collective Bargaining)

Indigenous peoples' rights

Message by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on the occasion of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

National wage council launched, giving employers and workers a voice in minimum wage setting

The establishment of Viet Nam’s National Wage Council marks a transformation from a solely Government-led minimum wage fixing mechanism into a new tripartite body which recognizes the importance of workers and employers’ participation.

International labour standards

ILO statement on reform of Bangladesh labour law

Amendments to the Bangladesh labour Act 2006 were adopted on 15 July 2013. Its conformity with international labour standards ratified by Bangladesh will be reviewed by the ILO supervisory machinery later in the year.

Garment factory managers find significant benefits from improved social dialogue in the workplace

In order to improve compliance with labour standards and promote competitiveness in global supply chains, the ILO-Better Work Indonesia Programme has been supporting many garment enterprises in Indonesia in implementing the ILO core international...

Viet Nam’s leading labour journalists trained in Labour Code

More than 30 labour and employment journalists from major media organizations in Viet Nam gathered in the central city of Da Nang on 18 July for a training workshop in the new Labour Code.

Caribbean Labour Ministers Commit to Closer Collaboration

Meeting pledged to deepen national, regional and international collaboration and to work more closely with the ILO to achieve a number of specific goals including the strengthening of social dialogue.

Caribbean Labour Ministers to Discuss Labour and Development

Caribbean Ministers of Labour will focus on strengthening decent work for development during meeting on 2-3 July 2013, in Port of Spain, Trinidad

ILO Director-General calls for urgent action on youth unemployment

Director General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, told Caribbean Labour Ministers that there is a need to focus more closely on strategies to address youth unemployment.

ILO Director-General and Caribbean labour and employer groups discuss social dialogue

Both groups have also lobbied for the establishment of a Labour Unit at the CARICOM Secretariat to monitor and initiate action on the tripartite process.

Caribbean labour ministers' meeting

Keynote address by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, at the 8th Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour

102nd International Labour Conference

Balance and Perspective: Interview with Luc Cortebeeck, President of the Workers’ Group

At the end of the 102nd Session of the International Labour Conference, Luc Cortebeeck, President of the Worker’s Group, gave this interview in which he shared his thoughts on what the workers achieved, on international labour standards and on the...