ACTRAV Labour Research Journey for Africa

Trade Union Unity in Africa: How can it be achieved?

To stimulate the discussions and research on the challenge of revitalization within the trade union movement, the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) will organize a Labour Research Journeys in April and May 2023. This series of webinars will bring together authors, researchers, academics, ILO representatives and leaders from trade unions. For Africa, the high-level regional webinar will focus on the theme” Trade Union Unity in Africa: How can it be achieved?”

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Background


The 2022 edition of the International Journal of Labour Research comes at a critical time, marked both by multidimensional crises affecting many countries around the world and by a surge in the attraction and influence of trade unions in responding to these crises.

Trade Union Revitalization: Organizing new forms of work including platform workers, highlights the experiences of trade union revitalization worldwide with an emphasis on trade union unity and cooperation and the challenge of organizing new forms of work including platforms workers where young people are over-represented. The 2022 edition of the journal contains a series of recommendations to strengthen trade unions. These include moving towards unity by collaborating within the labour movement to reach common positions, extending unionization to groups in vulnerable situations, and addressing strategic objectives such as the creation of decent employment, decent work deficits, low wages, the impact of climate change and gaps in social protection.

To stimulate the discussions and research on the challenge of revitalization within the trade union movement, the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) will organize a Labour Research Journeys in April 2023. This series of events will bring together authors, researchers, academics, ILO representatives and leaders from trade unions.

About the International Journal of Labour Research

The International Journal of Labour Research (IJLR) is the flagship publication of the Bureau for Workers’ Activities of the ILO. A multidisciplinary journal, the IJLR is a vehicle for dissemination of international research on labour, economic, and sustainable development policies. Its target readership includes workers’ organizations, practitioners, researchers, labour ministries, and academics in all disciplines of relevance to ILO constituents in the world of work – industrial relations, sociology, law, economics, and political science. The IJLR is published in English, French, and Spanish, each issue focusing on a unique theme.