(1/3) 🚨 Indonesia is developing mandatory human rights due diligence legislation, but trade unions were not meaningfully consulted. For a country pursuing OECD membership, this is a serious gap: accession requires adherence to the OECD Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct.

The TUAC Working Group on Economic Policy has wrapped up in Washington DC. Discussion continues with the ITUC, IMF and World Bank – from technology and labour markets to global debt, job quality and social protection. @ituc.bsky.social @aflcio.org

1/3 Day 1 of the TUAC Working Group on Economic Policy in Washington DC. One thread ran through it all: unions and collective bargaining remain indispensable for tackling rising inequality and redressing the shift of gains from labour to profits.

1/3 📢 This year marks 50 years of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct. Trade unions were instrumental in their creation, and have used them to hold MNEs to account ever since.

1/3 A TUAC policy paper published today argues that trade frictions and tariffs are the long-term result of domestic policy choices that have failed to protect workers and jobs.

(1/3) The OECD's new Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible AI explicitly adopts a "risk-agnostic approach", a significant missed opportunity for workers. Without concrete recommendations on AI risks, it falls well short of what is needed. #AIPolicy #LabourRights

TUAC General Secretary Veronica Nilsson at today's SSSH conference in Zagreb on digital and green transitions, ahead of Croatia's expected OECD membership this year. "To be effective, social dialogue should involve workers from the beginning of the process, not at the end."

🌍 Trade unions are setting out a vision for a just transition in the textile & garment supply chain. Join us at the OECD Garment Forum on 10 Feb for the launch of the Just Transition Manifesto, with @industriall-union.org @industrialleurope.bsky.social @ituc.bsky.social 🔗 tinyurl.com/mshafmw7

Strong unions are key to combating forced labour and counterfeit trade, @oecd-ocde.bsky.social evidence confirms. However, the OECD’s recommendations remain "remarkably silent on trade union and collective bargaining rights" @tuac.bsky.social points out tuac.org/news/strong-...

(1/2) 📊 New OECD report "From Fakes to Forced Labour" finds countries with higher trade union density and collective bargaining coverage show lower counterfeit trade intensity. Counterfeit trade is valued at close to half a trillion USD annually.

🎧 Listen: TUAC General Secretary Veronica Nilsson on the Global Minimum Tax deal – what it is, why it matters, and where the loopholes remain. radiolabour.net/nilsson-1901... #GlobalMinimumTax

📚 Teachers face administrative overload, lack of resources, and unsafe classrooms, causing burnout and threatening their health. 🤝 Collective solutions, better support, and agency at work are essential to retain teachers and protect their wellbeing. 👉 Read the article in HesaMag n.30: etui.org/4Z7

📢Giulia Bartoli from our Italian affiliate @Fillea Cgil : More workers injured, more fatal accidents at work. ⏰ Time to Act! Limit subcontracting ⛓️ #timetoact #limitsubcontracting 👉 bit.ly/45u1BCP

When nurses are outside, something is wrong inside. America’s unions stand in solidarity with the 15,000 @nynurses.bsky.social on strike today fighting for safe staffing, workplace protections and health care. Like all workers, nurses deserve to work in safe conditions!

It’s unacceptable that a corporation can pay their CEO 6,666x what the average worker is paid, while those same workers need food assistance to make ends meet. Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas deserve better. We stand with them in their fight for a fair contract.

"Workers on the ships described physical violence, including hitting or strangulation, wage deductions, intimidation and debt bondage – a system that in effect traps them at sea. Many reported working excessive hours with little rest." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The union card. HT @etuc-ces.bsky.social

(1/3) New OECD Labour Market Review says Croatia must tackle low pay and precarious work, and address key labour market gaps.

Excellent news! Delighted to see this historic achievement for workers' rights in the UK. Congratulations to @tuc.org.uk and all who fought for this. ✊

PFAS (“forever chemicals”) are already present in many workplaces. Today’s TUAC webinar set out what real protection requires: prevention, substitution, exposure controls, and worker consultation. Thank you to our speakers, Eeva Leinala (OECD), Halshka Graczyk (ILO), and Frédéric Souillot (FO).

(1/2) New commentary in NORDSÜD NEWS by TUAC’s Andrea Fromm sets out how unions can use the OECD Guidelines for MNEs as a critical tool to defend workers’ rights as EU and German plans aim to simplify and weaken corporate due diligence obligations.

(1/2) Trade union leaders from across the globe brought workers' priorities to the highest political level of the OECD at this year's Liaison Committee Meeting.

Today on #HumanRightsDay we stand with @sbworkersunited.org baristas on ULP strike for a fair collective agreement. 🚨Trade union rights are human rights.🚨 Starbucks *must* end union-busting and bargain in good faith. #NoContractNoCoffee

🧵 The annual Liaison Committee Meeting brings together TUAC, our affiliates from across the globe, OECD leadership & government delegations. TUAC President @lizshuler.bsky.social opening now.

Delighted to welcome @gabrielzucman.bsky.social to the OECD this morning for #TUAC157. Looking forward to his insights on fairer tax systems, taxing extreme wealth and tackling inequality – and what they mean for workers and collective bargaining. #TaxJustice #Inequality

157th TUAC Plenary meeting kicking off today at the OECD in Paris 🎤 Excited to welcome our affiliates for crucial discussions on advancing workers’ rights and economic justice across the OECD and beyond.

(1/2) As Thailand submits its Initial Memorandum to the OECD today, trade unions are clear: membership must be conditional on urgent labour rights reforms – including ratifying ILO Conventions 87 & 98 and extending union rights to all workers. Full assessment 🔽

“Charging a union leader for criticising corporate behaviour is a deliberate strategy to silence workers,” says TUAC President @lizshuler.bsky.social. TUAC affiliates stand with @sophie.binet.cgt.fr and @cgt.fr against far-right attacks on trade unions and democracy. #SoutienSophieBinet

(1/2) Swedish media pick-up on our report on active labour market policies. 📰 arbetsvarlden.se covers how Sweden has cut spending on training for unemployed workers from nearly 1% of GDP in the early 1990s to 0.06% – the biggest fall in the OECD (article in Swedish).

(1/2) L7 warns the G7 is sidelining its labour & employment agenda. 🚨 Trade unions call on leaders to: • Restore a strong Labour & Employment track in 2026 • Adopt a G7 Zero In-Work Poverty target • Extend collective bargaining coverage

(1/2) TUAC reaction to the new OECD Economic Outlook: deregulation is not the answer. Weakening worker protections won’t drive innovation – it will deepen inequality.

BREAKING: We have filed an OECD complaint against Amazon for the conditions of their third-party suppliers and the retail giant's lack of due diligence www.ecotextile.com/202511256087...

(1/2) New TUAC policy brief warns governments are failing workers as spending on active labour market policies hits a 20-year low. OECD data: just 0.41% of GDP in 2023 and training down 30% since 2010. Time to activate labour market policies 👇 tuac.org/news/governm...

Our affiliate JTUC-RENGO is collecting 10 million signatures in support of abolishing nuclear weapons. Trade unions are calling for a safer, nuclear-free world. Add your voice here 👉 www.jtuc-rengo.or.jp/activity/kiz... #NuclearBan #TPNW

(1/3) Day 2 at #SimplifyingForSuccess: TUAC GS Veronica Nilsson speaking on deregulation panel. "OECD surveys show “simplification” priorities differ sharply between business and government – this is exactly why all stakeholders, especially trade unions, need to be consulted."

(1/2) At today’s OECD #SimplifyingForSuccess symposium, trade unionist Frédéric Favraud underlines that success in health means universal access to quality care, not profitability. Health is about quality, not quantity – and there is no quality care without decent work.

We were delighted to welcome colleagues from Danish trade union 3F to the OECD this week. Powerful exchange on fair transitions, organising and delivering stronger protections for workers. @3f.dk @formand.3f.dk @3fvicepresident.bsky.social

Speaking at today's OECD LAC Ministerial in Paraguay, TUAC General Secretary Veronica Nilsson called to: 🔹 Strengthen Responsible Business Conduct 🔹 Tackle informality & inequality 🔹 Ensure countries adhere to & implement the OECD Guidelines on MNEs #RBC #LAC @oecd-ocde.bsky.social

At today's @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Corporate Sustainability Roundtable, Veronica Nilsson: “Despite years of reporting, ~28M people remain in forced labour. Credible ESG needs mandatory disclosure aligned with ILO standards, full value-chain scope, and real engagement with workers & unions.”

@tuac.bsky.social calls for concrete fixes after French National Contact Point finds Shein in breach of @oecd-ocde.bsky.social MNE guideline. Cite overwhelming lack of due diligence and workplace processes making labour rights violations highly likely tuac.org/news/tuac-ca...

Democracy at work means good wages, stable jobs, safe workplaces, and robust public services. TUAC stands in solidarity with our affiliate CGIL and workers marching in Rome today. #DemocraziaAlLavoro

🚨 France's NCP has found Shein in breach of OECD Guidelines, with systemic gaps in due diligence and workplace processes. Evidence shows 75-hour working weeks, missing contracts and a failure to address concerns over child and forced labour. Full analysis 👇 tuac.org/news/tuac-ca...

TUAC's view on the OECD’s 'Better Regulation Practices across the EU 2025' report: regulation must serve the public interest, with social and environmental protections built into the process, not stripped out in the name of “simplification.” tuac.org/news/put-peo...

“Strong labour law frameworks and trade union movements are critical to ensure that the gains from trade are widely shared.” - Eric Gottwald, @aflcio.org making the case on the distributional impacts of trade policy and the role of collective bargaining at today's @oecdtrade.bsky.social workshop.

📢 "The TULRAA amendment has the potential to revolutionise labour relations" KCTU and FKTU representatives share with TUAC how their 20-year struggle secured landmark reforms protecting supply chain workers in Korea. #LabourRights #SupplyChains #RBC tuac.org/news/korean-...

🤝 Reunión importante entre OCDE y sindicatos peruanos, incl. nuestra afiliada CATP-Perú. El respeto a la libertad sindical y al trabajo decente debe estar en el centro del proceso de adhesión a la OCDE, con las y los trabajadores en la mesa durante todo el proceso. @oecd-ocde.bsky.social

🤝 Important meeting today between OECD and Peruvian unions, incl. our affiliate CATP-Peru. Respect for trade union rights and decent work must be at the core of the accession process, with workers at the table throughout. @oecd-ocde.bsky.social

🤝 Our General Secretary, Veronica Nilsson, was delighted to meet today with the Australian Ambassador to the OECD, Stephen Jones. We look forward to working together on shared priorities with our member @australianunions.bsky.social. We're proud to make Australian workers' voices heard at the OECD.

TUAC welcomes OECD's "To Have and Have Not" report on inequality, but warns its approach understates systemic factors. The artificial division between what's "beyond" and "within" individual control oversimplifies reality and portrays structural problems as personal choices.

1/2 What’s the bigger threat now? It's not inflation, but high interest rates and under-investment. Today's OECD Interim Economic Outlook forecasts slower growth (2.9% in 2026) and rising joblessness in major economies, yet still pushes fiscal “discipline”.