Workers' rights in Latin America and the Caribbean are in sharp decline. Panama and Argentina now among the 10 worst countries for workers. At the OECD Ministerial Dialogue in Madrid, TUAC called on the OECD and LAC governments to do more to prioritise workers' rights in the Regional Programme. 1/2

Solidarity with @uilofficial.bsky.social General Secretary Pierpaolo Bombardieri. ✊

OECD unemployment close to historic lows – but real wages still haven't recovered in a third of economies, and employer restrictions are holding back wage growth. Low unemployment means little if too many jobs are insecure, underpaid, or concentrated in a handful of places. 1/2

TUAC General Secretary Veronica Nilsson addressed the @uilofficial.bsky.social XIX National Congress in Padova, where 4,000 delegates discussed innovation, workers' rights and collective bargaining in the era of AI. 1/2

A just transition is a right for workers, not a policy option. Yesterday at the OECD, TUAC launched its Policy Brief on Responsible Business Conduct for a Just Transition. @oecdwatch.bsky.social @cutbrasil.bsky.social @fgtb.bsky.social @hannahgreep.bsky.social

New TUAC policy brief: weakening employment protection doesn't deliver growth – the OECD's own research shows it. The winners are employers and shareholders, not workers. Read more ➡️

Workers must be at the centre of responsible business conduct – not as an afterthought, but as the starting point. The TUAC delegation took that message to the OECD Global Forum, 50 years on from the Guidelines. @industriall-union.org @uniglobalunion.org @cfecgc.org @atlehoie.bsky.social

The Canadian NCP has issued recommendations to Amazon on workers' rights after Quebec warehouse closures. TUAC calls on NCPs across the OECD to match this standard – practical procedures, sustained union engagement, and rigorous follow-through. 1/2

25% of mediated NCP cases reached agreement in 2025 – down from 57%. At today's NCP Network launch, CGIL's Ornella Cilona set out TUAC's position: consequences for companies that won't engage, stronger union involvement, and implementation over visibility.

50 years of the OECD Guidelines for MNEs. The commitment isn't in doubt – the implementation is. TUAC's new paper: how to close the gap between what's been signed and what workers actually experience. 1/2

Next week: TUAC hosts a working lunch at the OECD on RBC for a Just Transition, and launches our new Policy Brief. 50 years of the MNE Guidelines. What comes next?

The L7 brought labour's case to the Élysée last night, exchanging with President Macron ahead of the G7 summit in Évian, with concrete proposals from our unprecedented joint contribution with the B7 on the level playing field. #G7Evian #DecentWork

Ahead of the G7 Labour Ministerial, the Labour 7 and Business 7 agreed joint texts on a level playing field for decent work and on workers' safety in extreme weather. The L7 now calls on G7 leaders at Évian to take up the social partners' proposals. 1/2

That's a wrap on the 2026 OECD Ministerial. The trade union movement carried a workers' agenda for industrial policy into every session: workers need economic security and a level playing field for industrial policy to deliver. An agenda we'll keep fighting for. #OECDMinisterial

Competing for investment by making labour cheap and insecure is self-defeating – it erodes the very demand investment depends on. In the final session of the #OECDMinisterial, TUAC's Veronica Nilsson and Martin Denis argue that quality jobs are the goal of investment, not a cost.

Real economic security means supply chains that work for workers, not just for cost. At the OECD Ministerial, TUAC's Filip Stefanovic set out what that takes: reducing trade tensions, and using resilience to deliver a just transition, not replicate old industrial models. #OECDMinisterial

TUAC taking workers' priorities into the MCM enabling state session: Diana Gómez Cely (Gen Sec CTC, Colombia) on investing in education and health and TUAC Gen Sec Veronica Nilsson on Veronica Nilsson on why the real threat to competition is too little regulation, not too much. #OECDMinisterial

Getting industrial policy right means putting workers at the centre. At the OECD Ministerial, TUAC VP Tomoko Yoshino (JTUC-RENGO) set out the test: does public support for industry deliver quality jobs, labour rights and collective bargaining? #OECDMinisterial

🧵1/2 Today, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social was invited by @tuac.bsky.social to speak before a packed room at the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social on why a 2% minimum tax on billionaire wealth is the best way to ensure that the super-rich pay as much tax as everyone else.

Today, on the eve of the MCM, TUAC brought together trade union leaders, governments, and Prof. Gabriel Zucman at the OECD to discuss inequality and real tax justice. #OECDMinisterial

Queues out the door for our side event with Prof. Zucman. Clear appetite for a serious conversation about inequality and advancing tax justice! #OECDMinisterial

The 158th TUAC Plenary Session is underway in Paris, bringing together trade union leaders from across the OECD.

In a new piece for the IPS journal, TUAC General Secretary Veronica Nilsson argues that weakening employment protection doesn't deliver for workers – and that the evidence from Italy to Spain shows stronger protection drives both productivity and job quality. 1/2

Next Tuesday: TUAC hosts a dialogue on inequality and advancing tax justice with Prof. Gabriel Zucman (International Tax Observatory), OECD SG Mathias Cormann, TUC GS Paul Nowak, and former President of ACV-CSC Marc Leemans. #OECDMinisterial

The ITUC welcomes the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, confirming that the #RightToStrike is protected under International Labour Organization Convention No. 87 on Freedom of Association & Protection of the Right to Organise. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/NoE6RIo #FightForDemocracy

Here is the ICJ Advisory Opinion concluding by 10 votes to 4 that that the right to strike is protected under Convention No. 87. A massive victory @iloactrav.bsky.social @ituc.bsky.social www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

🔴 The ICJ has confirmed what trade unions have long maintained: the right to strike is protected under ILO Convention No. 87. This landmark opinion vindicates the consistent position of the CEACR and the global trade union movement. 1/2

TUAC welcomes the new OECD tool on Responsible Business Conduct for a Just Transition, which recognises trade union involvement as central to each stage of the transition. Currently, only 6% of companies genuinely engage workers affected by the transition. 1/2

✊ TUAC General Secretary Veronica Nilsson in Badajoz for the @sindicatouso.bsky.social Congress: "The challenges we face are daunting – but the trade union movement has always risen to the challenge." #13CongresoUSO #LaFuerzaDeEstarJuntos

As the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza continues, with civilians facing hunger, devastation and no real path to peace, urgent action is needed to ensure full humanitarian access. 🕊️

✊ L7 trade unions to G7 Trade Ministers: your trade agenda needs workers' rights to succeed. TUAC General Secretary Veronica Nilsson presented the L7 communiqué to French Trade Minister Forissier – calling for a G7 Action Plan on Trade and Decent Jobs. 🔗 tinyurl.com/TUAC1

The TUC's Paul Nowak chairs a dialogue with Thomas Piketty at the L7 Summit: the top 1% captured 41% of new wealth since 2000, the bottom half got 1%. Inequality isn't inevitable – and collective bargaining is one of the most effective tools to reverse it.

L7 delegates at today's Labour 7 Summit in Paris. @cfdt.fr @cgt.fr @force-ouvriere.bsky.social @cfecgc.org @unsa.org @ituc.bsky.social @etuc-ces.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk @aflcio.org @lacsq.org

The L7 Summit opens in Paris with welcoming remarks from CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC and UNSA. Trade union leaders from G7 countries setting out priorities to G7 Trade Ministers ahead of tomorrow's ministerial. @cfdt.fr @cgt.fr @force-ouvriere.bsky.social @cfecgc.org @unsa.org @maryliseleon.cfdt.fr

ODA down 23%. Military budgets up. States disengaging from their responsibilities. As G7 Development Ministers meet today, the L7, C7, P7 & W7 say: without action, this ministerial risks historic failure. France's Presidency must be a moment of political clarity. 1/2

As Indonesia pursues OECD membership, TUAC is working to ensure workers' rights, responsible business conduct, and social dialogue are central to the accession process. 1/3

At the OECD Skills Summit 2026 in Istanbul, TUAC made the case for putting collective bargaining at the heart of skills policy and sustainable working lives. @oecd-ocde.bsky.social 1/4

Day 2 of the TUAC and KSBSI workshop in Jakarta: trade unions, employers, government and civil society at the table together on workers' rights and responsible business in supply chains.

Today in Jakarta, TUAC and KSBSI opened a two-day workshop on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, exploring what Indonesia's OECD accession process means for workers and how unions can use the Guidelines to hold companies accountable. (1/2)

🚨 Trade unions challenge the G7 to confront structural inequality behind global imbalances. The 2026 L7 statement, launched on 16 April under France's G7 presidency, calls for peace and sets out a roadmap for action on wages and taxation. 🧵 #L7 #G7

TUAC has criticised the OECD's new flagship report, Foundations for Growth and Competitiveness 2026, for excluding inequality – reversing a decade of work to embed sustainability and inclusiveness in OECD economic policy. (1/3) #OECD #Inequality

TUAC joins 10 global unions in calling for a permanent ceasefire in the Middle East. Over 20,000 seafarers remain trapped in the Strait of Hormuz. Over 30 million migrant workers face heightened risks. Workers must never be targets of military operations. tuac.org/wp-content/u...

The steel sector is at breaking point. At the OECD Steel Committee, TUAC, @industriall-union.org and @industrialleurope.bsky.social warned that overcapacity and underinvestment are putting jobs and regions at risk. Trade unions call for investment in workers, low-carbon steel and a Just Transition.

1/2 State-owned enterprises employ 33 million people and hold approx. USD 37 trillion in assets. At today's OECD Working Party on SOEs, TUAC argued governance frameworks must match that weight – on energy security, climate action, and rising inequality.

Monetary policy cannot end wars. Yet the OECD's Interim Economic Outlook leans too heavily on central banks to manage the fallout from Iran, TUAC warns. Governments must step in – with price controls, action on excess profits, and support for households still reeling from the cost-of-living crisis.

The L20 has called on G20 leaders to defend democracy, promote inclusive growth and protect workers' rights, warning that the US G20 presidency's agenda risks deepening inequality. 🔗 tuac.org/news/g20-trade-unions-call-for-defence-of-democracy-rights-and-shared-prosperity/ @ituc.bsky.social

1/4 Industrial policy is at the centre of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting this June. At the pre-MCM consultation in Helsinki on 12 March, TUAC General Secretary Veronica Nilsson set out workers' priorities. 🧵

(1/3) 📊 Today's OECD Wage Bulletin: in 19 out of 37 countries, workers' real wages are still below 2021 levels. The post-pandemic wage recovery is running out of steam – and TUAC warns the loss in purchasing power risks becoming permanent. #RealWages #OECD

(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