Resources on tripartism and social dialogue

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    Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions

    Career guidance in challenging times: An investment in the future

    16 February 2023

    A host of disruptive trends – public health crises, accelerated automation, digitalization, and climate change – are buffeting the world of work, requiring new kinds of skills and re-skilling in labour markets. Career guidance is now more important than ever for recovery plans and forward-looking strategies for helping workers stay employed, and enterprises stay competitive.

  2. Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions

    The Global Accelerator: What it is and what it does in the future of work

    12 January 2023

    In the face or multiple global challenges, the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions has been launched to increase coordination of the multilateral system’s efforts to help countries create 400 million decent jobs in both developed and emerging economies, and to extend social protection to 4 billion people who are currently excluded.

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    Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions

    Global shifts in employment structure: A new geography of jobs?

    09 November 2022

    Over more than a decade, a series of economic crises have rocked the labour markets, eliminating millions of jobs in some sectors and spawning millions of new ones in others. This podcast examines the extent of these changes in employment structures, and how they affect different regions of the world and the future of work.

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    Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions

    Digital transformation in Rwanda: Is it creating a new future of work?

    17 October 2022

    The global phenomenon of digitalization is increasingly going local. Worldwide, informal online platform work is growing, creating new jobs. This podcast looks at Rwandan jobs in the digital era.

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    Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions

    Algorithmic management: What it is, what it does and what it means for the future of work

    10 October 2022

    Algorithmic management has been seen as a positive technological and digital factor in the organization of economic activity, but it also comes with a range of challenges. This episode examines these issues.

  6. © Wael Liddawi 2024

    Voices

    I am a champion for migrant workers

    26 January 2022

    Maya Aktar left her home in Bangladesh to work as a receptionist at a garment factory in Jordan. She is now a union organizer and advocates for the rights of other migrant garment workers.

  7. Discussing the key issues of the world of work

    107th International Labour Conference concludes

    08 June 2018

    The 107th International Labour Conference wrapped up after two weeks of deliberations on key issues affecting the world of work, ranging from social dialogue to child labour. Delegates also paved the way for what would be a groundbreaking Convention on Violence and Harassment in the world of Work.

  8. Audio interview

    Economic and Social Councils must emphasize the importance of workplace compliance

    28 October 2015

    Youcef Ghellab, Head of the Social Dialogue and Tripartism Unit says that relying on labour law enforcement is not enough to deliver safe and productive work environments. National tripartite organizations have a key role to play in delivering on workplace compliance, including in global supply chains.

  9. 4th Conference on Regulating for Decent Work

    Session on Labour Policies, Practices, and Strategies in Global Supply Chains: ILO Better Work Programme in Indonesia

    10 July 2015

    Laura Chirot (MIT), Colin Fenwick (ILO) and Ockert Dupper (ILO) discuss the interaction of private and public labour regulation at global and local levels looking at Better Work programme in Indonesia. Jennifer Bair (U Colorado Boulder) discussed transnational governance mechanisms in global supply chains.

  10. 4th Conference on Regulating for Decent Work

    Session on Labour Policies, Practices, and Strategies in Global Supply Chains: ILO Better Work Programme

    10 July 2015

    Presenting evidence from Better Work programme in Vietnam, Drusilla Brown & Laura Babbitt (Tufts U) analyse non-compliance on wages and hours, and Mark Anner (Penn State U) explores the link between wildcat strikes and social dialogue. Kelly Pike (York U) and Shane Godfrey (UCT) look at the impact of Better Work programme in Lesotho.