News and articles

November 2021

  1. Symposium on Trade Unions in Times of COVID-19: What are the objectives and expectations?

    15 November 2021

    From 17 to 19 November 2021, trade union leaders, experts, academics and ILO officials will attend a global symposium to exchange on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world of work. Maria Helena ANDRE, Director of the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) explains the objectives and expectations from this global event …

October 2021

  1. Labour Standards: How the ILO Recommendation 205 applies to natural disasters and climate change?

    28 October 2021

    The ILO Recommendation No. 205 on Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience was adopted in June 2017. It aims at providing guidance on the measures needed to support employment and decent work in the face of crisis situations resulting from conflicts and disasters. Its scope concerns prevention, recovery, peace and resilience.

  2. International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) partner to eliminate child labour through school improvements and access to education

    01 October 2021

    This partnership comes at a critical time, as COVID-19 has contributed to rising rates of school dropouts, including because of the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic, as well as periodic school closures.

September 2021

  1. Soft launching of the updated labour inspection guidelines in Thailand

    21 September 2021

    A guide for labour inspectors is aimed to improve labour inspection services as a whole, with attention to women migrant workers, domestic workers, forced labour, and violence and harassment in the workplace.

July 2021

  1. Post Covid-19: Towards Trade Union Revitalization

    23 July 2021

    The COVID-19 crisis has exposed and aggravated existing challenges and has put increasing pressure on trade unions. Trade union membership is declining, both in developed and in developing countries. The future of trade unions will depend on their responses to the pandemic.

  2. Future of Trade Unions: the experience from Australia

    19 July 2021

    The world of work is undergoing a major process of changes in particular driven by technological development, climate change, demographic shifts and Globalization. In this context, what could be the future of trade unions? Emma Kingdon from the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) shares her views on the future of Unions...

June 2021

  1. International Labour Conference 2021: What are the lessons learned from the Social Security Committee?

    28 June 2021

    The first part of the 109th session of the International Labour Conference ends on the 19th of June 2021. Magnús M. Norðdahl, Workers’ Spokesperson of the Recurrent Discussion Committee: Social security (CDR), shares the workers’ perspective about the lessons learned from this session.

  2. Meet the authors of IJLR 2021: Alexandra Barrantes, Development Pathways

    28 June 2021

    Alexandra Barrantes, Senior Social Policy Specialist of Development Pathways, is one of the authors of the article entitled "Workers’ rights and human rights – resolving historical tensions through a multi-tiered social security agenda". Alexandra explains why she contributed to the new edition of the International Journal of Labour Research and highlights the key findings of the article .#IJLR2021

  3. Meet the authors of IJLR 2021: Sylvester Kisonzo, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

    28 June 2021

    Sylvester Kisonzo, Chief ICT technical officer of Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa , is one of the authors of the article entitled "Digitalize, Adapt and Innovate: Challenges and opportunities for trade unions amidst COVID-19 pandemic and the recovery period ". Sylvester explains why he contributed to the new edition of the International Journal of Labour Research and highlights the key findings of the article .#IJLR2021

  4. Meet the authors of IJLR 2021: Michael Akuupa, Labour Resources and Research Institute, Namibia

    28 June 2021

    Michael Akuupa, Director of the Labour Resources and Research Institute of Namibia , is one of the authors of the article entitled "Macroeconomic policies for a job-led growth and recovery following Covid-19 pandemic with emphasis in sub-Saharan Africa ". Michael explains why he contributed to the new edition of the International Journal of Labour Research and highlights the key findings of the article .#IJLR2021