Resources on Employers' Organizations in the Arab States

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

    02 April 2015

    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.

  2. Kuwait contributes US$500,000 to support ILO activities in the occupied Palestinian territory

    26 March 2015

    The State of Kuwait grants the International Labour Organization (ILO) half a million US dollars, bringing the State’s total contributions dedicated to promoting decent work and social justice in the occupied Palestinian territory and the Arab States to US$3.5 million since 2009.

  3. ILO to bolster international labour standards and occupational safety and health in Kuwait

    27 November 2014

    The International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and International Organisation for Migration (IOM) sign a technical cooperation agreement to advance the work of Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower.

  4. ILO holds meeting with constituents to review its Jordan Decent Work Country Programme

    The ILO and its partners discuss findings of a review on its DWCP in Jordan as well as present plans for the remaining period of its implementation.

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    ILO to engage in Gaza reconstruction efforts through expansion of its Palestinian Decent Work Programme

    29 October 2014

    Regional Director’s visit to the occupied Palestinian territory lays the groundwork for expanding the ILO’s work in Gaza, and consolidating national decent work initiatives.

  6. Training on Social Dialogue and Collective Bargaining for the Omani Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI)

    This training course is a first attempt to tackle the social dialogue and collective bargaining in an introductory and systematic way for employers and their organisation.

  7. Strategic Collective Bargaining: An Introduction for Employers

    02 September 2014

  8. Reaffirming and promoting rights during transition: development results 2012-2013

    30 June 2014

    By looking at a narrow set of indicators, such as the rate of privatization, trade openness, debt, inflation and foreign direct investment, most analysts had concluded that Arab countries were on the right track economically in the lead up to the Arab uprisings.

  9. Jordan reviews the state of collective bargaining at national and sector-specific levels

    Government officials as well as workers’ and employers’ organizations discuss progress and challenges facing freedom of association and collective bargaining in Jordan.

  10. Jordan annual garment buyers forum calls for improved working conditions

    03 April 2014

    Better Work Jordan’s International Buyers’ Forum sees record turnout amid calls for better working conditions in Jordan’s garment sector.