What's new
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Income inequality
Collective bargaining essential to overcome global income inequalities
17 December 2013
An international workers’ meeting ended in Geneva on 13 December with a call for strengthening workers’ rights to reduce growing inequalities.
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Publication
National Tripartite Social Dialogue: An ILO guide for improved governance
02 December 2013
This guide is part of the ILO’s effort to respond to the demand from ILO member States for technical support in the field of establishing or strengthening mechanisms for tripartite social dialogue at the policy level in line with international labour standards and good comparative practice
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319th Governing Body of the ILO
Interview with Luc Cortebeeck, Chair of the Workers’ Group of the ILO Governing Body
11 November 2013
The 319th session of the ILO Governing Body recently drew to a close in Geneva. Tackled at this session were several issues concerning the economic crisis in Europe, workers’ rights and international migration. In this interview the Chair of the Workers’ Group, Luc Cortebeeck, looks at the main points covered at this session, held in Geneva on 17-31 October 2013.
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Social dialogue
More rights for Jordan’s garment workers
01 November 2013
Workers in Jordan’s Qualified Industrial Zones have held numerous strikes over the past years to protest against what they perceive as labour rights violations. A new collective bargaining agreement is now aiming to improve the situation.
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Labour standards
ILO Deputy Director General calls for faster implementation of the new labour law in Bangladesh
30 October 2013
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 which killed 1,130 workers in Bangladesh six months ago.
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New report
Regulating recruitment of migrant workers: An assessment of complaint mechanisms in Thailand
21 October 2013
This report provides the findings of an analysis of the legal framework and the complaint mechanisms for workers with grievances to seek redress - and puts forward recommendations for strengthening the system.
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Labour standards and Social Dialogue
Georgia : A new start to promote ILO Standards and strengthen Social Dialogue
14 October 2013
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.
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Guidelines
Equal Pay - An introductory guide
04 October 2013
Ensuring that the work done by women and men is valued fairly and ending pay discrimination is essential to achieving gender equality. However, pay inequality continues to persist and gender pay gaps in some instances have stagnated or even increased.
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Event
XXIInd Meeting of European Labour Court Judges (Dublin, Ireland)
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Project
Developing tripartite institutions and mechanisms that advocate for and promote the realization of core labour rights in Colombia
01 August 2013