Publications on tripartism and social dialogue
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Migrant workers
Cost of recruitment in the Indonesia–Malaysia migration corridor: Employer perspectives from participating plantation companies
15 March 2022
This study looks into the recruitment costs borne by select companies that employ migrant workers in Malaysian palm oil plantations. It examines the companies’ roles and the processes involved in the recruitment of migrant workers; identifies the costs borne by these companies; and identifies good practices and areas for improvement.
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Just Transition
User’s manual to the ILO’s Guidelines for a just transition towards environmentally sustainable economies and societies for all
01 November 2021
Workers’ organizations are not passive bystanders, but agents of change able to develop new pathways to sustainability and to ensure that a transition not only delivers on climate policy objectives but incorporates the broader principles of sustainable development and decent work. This user’s manual was prepared with the objective of encouraging and assisting workers’ organizations to engage in policy discussions at all levels in shaping just transition, including in the implementation of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of the Paris Agreement.
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International Journal of Labour Research
COVID-19 and Recovery: The Role of Trade Unions in Building Forward Better
24 June 2021
This year's International Journal of Labour Research explores strategies for workers and their organizations to shape COVID-19 response policies as well as adapting internally to provide vital services to workers and continue fulfilling their societal role as advocate for social justice and workers’ rights. As such, the journal reveals key findings on various topics that are of special interest to trade unions and provide guidance on policies in building forward better.
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Trade Union Movement
United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation and the Decent Work Agenda – A Trade Union Reference Manual
10 February 2021
This document seeks to guide trade unions and encourage them to take on more assertive roles in processes shaping development policy at national, regional, and global levels. Trade unions can use this manual to more effectively contribute to the implementation, monitoring, and outcomes of the 2030 Agenda process, focusing particularly on Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) as well as regional and global sustainable development platforms, such as the High-Level Political Forum.
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Trade Union Movement
The likely impact of COVID-19 on the achievement of SDG 8 – The role of Trade Unions
10 February 2021
This report presents the findings of a global survey on the likely impacts of COVID-19 on the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda. The survey focused on SDG 8 and specifically on four targets and two indicators for which the International Labour Organization (ILO) is a custodian agency.
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COVID-19 and Workers' organisations
A Global trend analysis on the role of trade unions in times of COVID-19
25 January 2021
This Policy Brief is primarily directed to workers and their organizations. Its main purpose is to promote a better understanding of the pivotal role trade unions have played in COVID-19 responses worldwide either through tripartite and bipartite social dialogue, bilateral interactions with their governments or targeted actions carried out in support of their members and society as a whole.
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Research brief
The clock is ticking for survival of Indonesian enterprises, jobs at risk
18 May 2020
Key findings of the ILO SCORE Indonesia COVID-19 enterprise survey of 571 enterprises in April 2020 which was conducted with constituents and implementing partners.
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Publication
Organizing matters: Two logics of trade union representation
14 May 2020
This book investigates the tensions and potential complementarities in an extensive qualitative case study of trade union organizing and recruitment.
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A compendium of practice
Interactions between Workers’ Organizations and Workers in the Informal Economy: A Compendium of Practice
30 January 2020
A compilation of concrete examples, drawn from around the world, showing how trade unions have sought to reach out to workers in the informal economy to reduce the decent work deficits they face and support their transition to formality.
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ILO Centenary
The Driving Force Birth and Evolution of Tripartism - The Role of the ILO Workers' Group
18 June 2019
Beyond stating that the International Labour Organization has, since 1919, had a unique tripartite structure, with the participation of governments and employers’ and workers’ organizations, not much has been written about how tripartism actually works. The book gives examples of the dynamics at work between the three groups of the ILO and explains how, over time, the force that has driven its agenda has been the Workers’Group.