Workers and Employers Organizations resources

Concept note on Visioning Event for an ILO Asia Pacific Community of Practice (CoP) on Migration

30 June 2010
Concept note on ILO-ACTRAV Meeting on Migration Workers' Right

30 June 2010

As part of programme on promoting a rights-based approach to labour migration and encourage trade union cooperation on this subject.
ILO/ACTRAV/Solidarity Centre Workshop on Promoting a Right-Based Approach to Labour Migration in Origin and Destination Countries

As part of our programme on promoting a rights-based approach to labour migration and encourage trade union cooperation on this subject, I am pleased to inform you that our colleagues from the trade union movement in Kuwait, KTUF – Kuwait Trade Union Federation, have kindly accepted to host a meeting in Kuwait City on 30 June – 1 July 2010. The meeting will be co-sponsored by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ILO/ACTRAV) and the Solidarity Centre of the AFL-CIO.
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Examined through Survey Methodology Meeting

The IPEC Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour organised a discussion of surveys to gather data on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC). Representatives from Bangladesh, Mongolia, Cameroon and the Philippines met and presented CSEC pilot survey results using workplace-based and household-based approaches on 24-25 June in Cebu.

Keynote speech at the National Conference on Future of Industrial Relations and the Revision of Labour Code and Trade Union Law

01 April 2010

By Mr Kari Tapiola, Executive Director, ILO Standards and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, Hanoi on 1 April 2010

Workshop Description for Trade Union Training on Climate Change Policies, Green Jobs & Decent Work

30 November 2009

This training workshop, “A3-52099: Trade Union Training on Climate Change Policies, Green Jobs & Decent Work”, is designed to enhance the understanding of trade unions on climate change policies and its linkages with ILO standards and policies for promoting Decent Work. The training is expected to contribute towards unions’ technical and organizational capacities for effective social dialogue for policy development and initiatives for decent work in ‘green economy’ and to promote greening & decent work in existing jobs.

Interacting with workers' organizations: A primer for ADB staff

17 August 2009

The primer provides introductory information, summaries of relevant passages of the Asian Development Banks (ADB's) policies and strategies and links to information and tools. It explains how consultation with workers' organizations may be incorporated into the programme and project cycle, and provides some examples on how this has been done. The aim is to contribute to successful project outcomes and enhancement of benefits to affected people.

Thai Workers’ Organization submits complaint to ILO

11 June 2009

Thailand’s State Enterprise Workers Relations Confederation (SERC) has submitted a complaint to the International Labour Organization during the 98th International Labour Conference (ILC) presently in Session in Geneva, Switzerland. The complaint alleges the Royal Thai Government is breaching the Organization’s Equality of Treatment (Accident Compensation) Convention (C-19). The complaint claims migrant workers from Myanmar working in Thailand have been denied access to the Social Security Office’s Workmen’s Compensation Fund following accidents in the workplace.

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