Workers and Employers Organizations resources

June 2022

  1. Skills development and lifelong learning in Singapore: Challenges for trade unions

    06 June 2022

    This brief examines skills development and lifelong learning in Singapore. The approach takes a macroeconomic perspective of the main challenges and outcomes in terms of labour market performance.

  2. Skills development and lifelong learning in India: Challenges for trade unions

    06 June 2022

    This brief provides a macroeconomic perspective of skills development and lifelong learning in India. It examines outcomes for the population and the workforce thus far and highlights the main areas of weakness. It also analyses the social and demographic context within which the main skills challenges arise while focusing on developments in the economy and labour market that have provided impetus for policy changes.

  3. Skills development and lifelong learning in Asia and the Pacific: Strengthening the role of trade unions

    06 June 2022

    With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an acceleration in the pace of change. This has added to the urgency for tripartite stakeholders to respond with guiding strategies and policies for the skills development.

  4. Digital learning and training: Opportunities and challenges for trade union education

    06 June 2022

    This brief aims to inexorably link to the future of work moving towards a digital society. It is an imperative for trade unions to embrace the positive impacts of technological advancement while adopting new changes and digital transformation.

  5. Lao People's Democratic Republic: Employers' and workers' organizations agree to establish National Bipartite Forum for Social Dialogue and Common Actions

    02 June 2022

    The Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI) and Lao Federation of Trade Unions (LFTU) have agreed to establish a National Bipartite Forum for Regular Social Dialogue and Common Actions that will contribute to Lao People's Democratic Republic’s human centred recovery from COVID-19 and growth efforts.

  6. Fighting for rights and the future of ‘chikankari’

    01 June 2022

    From making beautiful embroideries to lending a helping hand to others during the COVID-19 pandemic, Uzma Jalees is determined that the rights of home-based workers should be recognized and indigenous artforms like Chikankari promoted.

April 2022

  1. Decent pay and work conditions

    29 April 2022

    Underpaid, overworked, and facing insecure tenure. The Filipino worker is caught between not earning enough and making a living under difficult conditions. A lot of Filipinos in the informal sector are living a hand-to-mouth existence. CNN Philippines' Senior Anchor Mr Rico Hizon in an interview with ILO’s Ms Cerilyn Pastolero on The Exchange.

  2. Opening address at the Communication and visibility capacity development programme for workers

    29 April 2022

    By Mr Khalid Hassan, Director, ILO Country Office for the Philippines at the Communication and visibility capacity development programme for workers, 29 April 2022, Manila, Philippines

  3. ILO Regional Webinar on Union Engagement for Achieving the SDGs: Discussion on the road map to achieve the SDGs

    29 April 2022

    Report of the Webinar which was held on 23 September 2021.

  4. ACTRAV Regional Webinar on Skills Development and Lifelong Learning in the Post-Pandemic Recovery and the Future of Work

    29 April 2022

    Report of the Webinar which was held on 8 July 2021.