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ILO tripartite constituents to discuss shipowner liability and abandonment of seafarers under Maritime Labour Convention

Government, worker and employer representatives of the ILO Governing Body approved plans for an international tripartite meeting to be held next year to discuss proposed amendments regarding shipowner liability and abandonment of seafarers.

Labour standards

ILO Deputy Director General calls for faster implementation of the new labour law in Bangladesh

Opening the conference “Bangladesh 2013: The Rising Demand for Labour Standards”, ILO Deputy Director General Gilbert Houngbo called for faster implementation of the new labour law to protect workers after the Rana Plaza building collapse...

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

Sub-regional tripartite workshop on wages policies in the Pacific island

Wage setting though minimum wages and collective bargaining agreements presents a number of practical challenges in the Pacific Island countries.

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.

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.

Labour standards

ILO Meeting of Experts Adopts Guidelines on the Training of Ships’ Cooks

The new guidelines aim to provide guidance to Member States to help them implement Regulation 3.2 and the respective provisions of the Code of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) concerning food and catering, and in particular the...

World Teachers’ Day

Interview with Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary of Education International

On the occasion of World Teachers Day*, Fred Van Leewen, the General Secretary of Education International(EI) gives his views about challenges facing by teachers unions to improve education quality. In this interview, he explains also the role of...

ILO Promotes Rights of Domestic Workers at High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development

Representatives of governments, international organizations, employers’ and workers’ organizations to share relevant initiatives and highlight relevance of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers to promote human and labour rights for...

Collective Bargaining

Overview of Jordan's Ready Made Garment Sector

Jordan has experienced rapid growth in the apparel industry in recent years, which accounts for nearly 17 percent of the country’s total exports. Apparel exports, mostly to the United States, reached a record high of USD 1.2 billion in 2012.

Collective Bargaining

A Collective Bargaining Agreement for Jordan's Ready Made Garment Sector

The agreement, which will affect 55,000 workers, 40,000 of whom work in the export sector, is one of the most comprehensive collective bargaining agreements to be found in Jordan and in the apparel sector globally. It is a significant step for the...

Collective Bargaining

Facts about the Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Ready Made Garment Sector in Jordan

The collective bargaining agreement, which will affect more than 55,000 workers, is one of the most comprehensive of its kind in Jordan and in the apparel sector globally.

Collective Bargaining

The Role of Better Work Jordan

Better Work Jordan – a joint initiative between the ILO and the International Finance Corporation – introduced the idea of a collective bargaining agreement to the employers and the garment union in early 2012.

Collective Bargaining

The Collective Bargaining Agreement: A Brief History

2008 – In efforts to promote labour management relations and improve social dialogue in the sector, Better Work Jordan helped to establish Performance Improvement Consultative Committees (PICCs) in factories participating in the programme. These...

Collective Bargaining

Benefits of the Collective Bargaining Agreement

The agreement aims to improve the working and living conditions of tends of thousands of workers and their families, and to reduce the incidence of industrial action by establishing mechanisms to resolve labour disputes.

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...

The ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Mr Yoshiteru Uramoto, visited Thimpu, Bhutan from 25 to...

The main purpose of the visit was to meet members of the Government and attend a meeting of the South Asia Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC).

New development agenda must be disability-inclusive – UN high-level meeting

The rights of persons with disabilities must be directly addressed by the post-2015 development agenda, United Nations officials today urged a High-level meeting of the General Assembly, where world leaders pledged to work together on national and...

Labour standards

Germany ratifies the Domestic Workers Convention

Germany is the 10th ILO member State and the second EU member State to ratify the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189) which seeks to improve the working and living conditions of an estimated 50 million domestic workers worldwide.

Viet Nam

Helping recruitment agencies make a difference

The recruitment agency association in Viet Nam is piloting a self-regulatory tool to promote fair competition and better protect migrant workers.