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A self-assessment method for social dialogue institutions. SAM-SDI

15 November 2021

The self-assessment method for social dialogue institutions (SAM-SDI) has been developed by the International Labour Organization to help constituents analyse and strengthen the inclusiveness and effectiveness of their social dialogue institutions. The method is intended for social dialogue actors in all parts of the world and for institutions of various sizes, composition and mandate, and with different resource levels. It guides users through a series of steps, from taking the decision to undertake a self-assessment, through the process of assessing the inclusiveness and effectiveness of the institution to the development, implementation and monitoring of an action plan.

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Social dialogue one year after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic: Spotlight on outcomes

14 June 2021

Analysis of tripartite and bipartite social dialogue initiatives between governments and employers' and workers' organisations at national or sectoral level, which have been instrumental in shaping countries' responses to the crisis.

Research Department Working Paper n°47

Decent work in global supply chains: An internal research review

08 October 2019

This article provides an inventory of the research carried out by the ILO on decent work in GSCs between 2014 and 2019 and helps to identify the challenges and remaining gaps in terms of research.

Report

Synthesis Report of the National Dialogues on the Future of Work

04 December 2017

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Industrial Relations and the Crisis: The Swedish Experience

26 July 2017

This study highlights the resilience of the Swedish industrial relations system during the 2008 Great Recession – a period that was characterized by sustained industrial peace. The author contrasts this experience to the previous recession of the early 1990s, which led to major structural reforms, including the decentralization and individualization of the negotiation of wages and working conditions. The study emphasizes that Sweden’s recent success story cannot merely be reduced to the early fiscal consolidation measures taken during the 1990s. Instead, this success is linked to the country’s well-developed system of social dialogue and to the active involvement of social partners in policy-making.

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The state and social partners working together: Germany's response to the global financial and economic

26 July 2017

This study examines the role of social dialogue and collective bargaining in facilitating the so-called “jobs miracle” in Germany, which saw a drop in unemployment during the peak years of the economic and financial crisis. This was made possible through a combination of flexible use of collective bargaining and extensive labour market reforms to introduce more flexible forms of employment in the 2000s. In the absence of a formal structure for national tripartite social dialogue, the social partners were able to avail of “crisis summits” to stimulate dialogue on measures to stabilize the economy at the height of the crisis. These summits brought together representatives of government, employers’ and workers’ organizations, as well as of financial institutions, to agree on measures aimed at sustaining consumption and safeguarding employment.

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Trade Unions and the Global Crisis: Labour’s Visions, Strategies and Responses

30 September 2011

If the recent global economic crisis has debilitated labour in many parts of the world, many segments of the trade union movement have been fighting back, combining traditional and innovative strategies and articulating alternatives to the dominant political and economic models. This book offers a composite overview of the responses of trade unions and other workers’ organizations to neoliberal globalization in general and to the recent financial crisis in particular.

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Flyer - There is an alternative

09 June 2011

A key message of the 2011 Global Labour Column anthology is that we need a plurality of ideas in order to develop and ultimately choose between different policy options...

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There is an alternative: Economic policies and labour strategies beyond the mainstream

09 June 2011

A key message of the 2011 Global Labour Column anthology is that we need a plurality of ideas in order to develop and ultimately choose between different policy options. This volume will be of great interest to academic scholars as well as trade union activists and policy-makers.