Decent work for all is increasingly a point of reference in multilateral declarations
and statements. It is moving up the international agenda and continuously receives
new plaudits. Yet the policies behind the concept might be just as far away as ever,
unless we can effectively translate agreement on its importance into real changes in
the actions of governments and international institutions.
The global labour movement, together with its allies in progressive political parties and
civil society, has been arguing for some time that decent work for all should be placed at
the centre of global governance, as a universal goal throughout the UN system and other
international institutions such as the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank. Surely that
should be obvious: to be achieved globally, decent work must be prioritised by all
international institutions and they must work coherently to ensure its realisation...

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