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ILO to launch campaign to improve productivity and competitiveness of small and medium-sized Indonesian companies

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make a major contribution to growth and job creation in Indonesia, providing 60 per cent of employment opportunities for both women and men. The key to sustainable economic development also lies in the development...

Optimizing Productivity at Safe and Healthy Workplaces through Social Dialogue

A specific output from the Meeting will be the selection of priorities, linked to National Plans of Action and Decent Work Country Programmes.

Interview with Dan Cunniah, Director of ACTRAV

After the inauguration of the new Director General of the ILO, Guy Ryder, what are the challenges of the Bureau for Workers' Activities(ACTRAV)? Explanations with Dan Cunniah, Director of ACTRAV ...

Interview with David Edwards, Education International’s Deputy General Secretary

On the occasion of World Teachers' Day, the Deputy General Secretary of Education International, David Edwards highlighted the main challenges faced by workers in the education sector. In this interview, he explains also the role of social dialogue...

Baku gathers trade unionists to discuss promotion of ILO Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and...

On October 2-3 Baku hosted a subregional meeting of trade unions on promotion and application of the ILO Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy.

World Teachers Day

Guy Ryder: Teaching is a profession under siege

The ILO Director-General calls for urgent action to make teaching an attractive career once again.

South Africa mines

Social dialogue needed to prevent further violence in SA mines, says ILO

The ILO calls for social dialogue and a review of labour market institutions to avoid further violence in the South African mining industry

Asia and Pacific: Unions call for greater focus on Collective Bargaining

ACFTU-ILO/ACTRAV Seminar on Emerging Trends in Collective Bargaining in the Asia and the Pacific Region: Opening Address by Dan Cunniah,...

Address by Dan Cunniah at the ACFTU-ILO ACTRAV Seminar on Emerging Trends in Collective Bargaining in the Asia and the Pacific Region: In Times of Crisis; 24-26 September 2012; Beijing, China.

Viet Nam’s new labour laws to improve labour market and industrial relations

A conference entitled “Introduction of the Labour Code and Trade Union Law: Opportunities and Challenges” was organised in Ha Noi today by the National Assembly’s Social Committee, Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam General...

Trade Union Youth in India join hands to campaign ratification of ILO Conventions Nos.87 and 98

ILO concerned with continuing trade union rights restrictions in Korea

International seminar on Fundamental Workers' Rights in Korea and Further Ratification of ILO Conventions & Related Events: Address by Dan...

Address by Dan Cunniah at the International seminar on Fundamental Workers' Rights in Korea and Further Ratification of ILO Conventions & Related Events.

Launch of the Indonesia Decent Work Country Programme 2012 - 2015

The Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for Indonesia 2012 – 2015 will be launched on Wednesday, 19 September 2012, at the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration, Jakarta. The DWCP 2012-15 serves as the mid-term ILO programming framework for the...

Social dialogue

Weakening collective bargaining hurts recovery

Some governments unilaterally reformed collective bargaining arrangements at the height of the economic crisis. Reversing those decisions and providing policy support for collective bargaining would be key to recovery, according to the ILO.

Thailand: 15 unions sign a petition for the ratification of ILO Conventions Nos. 87 and 98

The ILO hopes that Thailand will ratify Conventions Nos. 87 and 98

Trade unions call for ratification of ILO Conventions on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining

A network of Thai labour unions will meet in Bangkok, 29-30 August, to push the Government to ratify ILO Conventions on the rights to organize and bargain collectively.

ILO holds seminar on trade unions’ human rights activities in Kazakhstan’s Mangistau region

Trinidad and Tobago initiates social dialogue discussions: learns from Caribbean and Mauritius experiences

Seminar is expected to equip law professionals with the knowledge that will enable them to use international law sources at the national level