Trade Unions are actors of development! Issue #89 / 2023 - Sign Up
Policies and advocacy
ITUC to the UN Commission for Social Development: A new social contract is possible and necessary
The ITUC presented its proposals for full and decent employment at a high-level discussion held on 6 February dedicated to overcoming inequalities and accelerating both the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
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Unions present proposals for a renewed partnership with UN Resident Coordinators in Asia-Pacific
The Trade Union Development Cooperation Network for Asia-Pacific organised a regional meeting between trade union leaders and United Nations Resident Coordinators (UNRCs) in the region on 7 February 2023.
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ATUDN Regional Meeting: UNECA, African Union and ILO acknowledge the need to ensure effective trade union engagement in development processes
The African Trade Union Development Network (ATUDN) met on 16-17 February. The meeting provided an excellent opportunity to exchange with the ILO, UNECA and the African Union.
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News from TUDCN network
Trade unions and civil society join forces to ensure effective and independent monitoring of the SDGs in Senegal
The commitment to strengthen the state’s consultation with the UN and to establish a national platform for monitoring the SDGs was underlined during a meeting on Senegalese unions and civil society in the 2022 edition of the HLPF.
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Safety for ordinary people – even in Palestine
A blog post by Cyrene Martinsson Waern, international secretary of LO Sweden, on her direct experience of the terrible reality in Palestine.
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CNTS builds on international cooperation and sustainable development to establish a new social contract in Senegal
From the reforestation of territories devastated by human activity to the inclusion of informal workers in the country’s social system, the work done by the CNTS shows that sustainable development is a trade union priority.
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Trade Unions in Bangladesh win universal pensions
The new law is a breakthrough following intensive advocacy from trade unions and it will provide, for the first time, the possibility for all Bangladeshi workers to benefit from income security in retirement.
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CUT Brasil readies to defend a country centred on people and the environment against the presence of opposing interests within Lula’s broad front
“2022 marked a fundamental milestone in Brazilian democracy, with the most important elections since the period of re-democratisation in 1985,” writes Daniel Gaio, national secretary for the environment at CUT Brasil.
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Central ASI of Venezuela steps up efforts to ensure the voice of the working class is reflected in national development plans
Since 2016, ASI has therefore been working hard to secure its inclusion as a workers’ representative in the preparation of the Development Cooperation Framework, agreed between the UN and the Venezuelan government.
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Belgian solidarity support organisations and their partner trade unions identify key priorities for strengthening their alliance on gender equality and climate
The approval of a new five-year cooperation programme on the promotion of the Decent Work Agenda with the Belgian Ministry of Development Cooperation offers the possibility of establishing a new trade union learning trajectory.
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Upcoming events
27-30 Mar. 2023 TUDCN participation in the Tenth session of UNESCAP’s Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development - Theme: ‘Accelerating the recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels in Asia and the Pacific’.
29-30 Mar. 2023 TUDCN participation in the Seventh session of UNECE’s Regional Forum on Sustainable Development - Theme: 'Ensuring the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Economic Commission for Europe’.
30-31 Mar. 2023 Regional meeting of the Trade Union Development Cooperation Network ITUC-CSA: "The SDGs in the Americas: Trade Union Priorities for the ECLAC Regional Forum on Sustainable Development".
05 Apr. 2023 TUDCN-TUCA meeting with the United Nations Development Cooperation Office in Latin America: "Promoting dialogue between trade unions and UN Resident Coordinators in Latin America and the Caribbean".
16 - 20 Apr. 2023 TUDCN participation in the Financing for Development Forum.
24 - 28 Apr. 2023 TUDCN participation in the Forum of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
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With the financial assistance of the European Union. The contents of this newsletter are the sole responsibility of the ITUC and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.
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