A great opportunity to exchange ideas, engage with young people and explore how innovation can strengthen the ILO’s impact.
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A great opportunity to exchange ideas, engage with young people and explore how innovation can strengthen the ILO’s impact.
4. Trade Unions in Transformation – Global
Strategic foresight tools and the “Triple A” model—Anticipation, Agility, Adaptation—help unions respond to digitalization, climate change and instability.
3. Countering Disinformation – Ukraine
In wartime, unions face AI-driven disinformation. ACTRAV’s programme supports stronger communication, advocacy and protection for workers.
2. Digital Grievance Platform – Indonesia
Union-led mobile apps now give garment workers safe reporting channels. 4,500+ workers registered and hundreds of cases already strengthening accountability.
1. Workers’ Rights & Gender Equality – Africa
New mentoring and peer‑learning tools are helping unions engage the ILO supervisory system, strengthen gender-responsive bargaining and improve regional coordination.
Highlights from the ILO’s first Innovation Day!
ACTRAV showcased four initiatives helping trade unions navigate a world marked by crises, rapid tech change and attacks on multilateralism.
Read more strategies here: ilo.org/publications/trade-union-engagement-2030-agenda-sustainable-development
How can unions make sure workers’ voices shape national SDG policies?
In a new evaluation, the ILO ACTRAV examined how unions in five countries worked to bring workers’ contributions into national SDG policies, and what lessons emerged.
Here are 3 proven strategies for unions to influence policies:
“I think it important that as the workers constituents, we support and reinforce the ILO mandate […] to ensure there is decent work, and the worker's right is preserved.”
Sylvia Choo, Director of Unions at the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC Singapore)
Reflexionando sobre las recientes reformas en materia de economía de plataformas en México, enfatiza la importancia de adaptarse a los cambios constantes, defender los derechos de los trabajadores y fortalecer la negociación colectiva a través del diálogo social tripartito.
Fortaleciendo los derechos de los trabajadores en la economía de plataformas: Taide Alejandra González Baca, Secretaria General de la Federación de Sindicatos Unidos de la República Mexicana CROM, comparte sus perspectivas en la 113ª Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo en Ginebra.
ACTRAV supported workers throughout the session and captured their voices through a series of interviews from across the globe.
The 113th ILC concluded on 13 June 2025, bringing together delegates from 187 countries. This year’s major outcomes included a new Convention on biological hazards, the launch of standard-setting talks on platform work, and a Resolution promoting the transition to formality.
En América Latina y el Caribe, la gran mayoría de los jóvenes trabajan en estas nuevas formas de empleo, pero sin protección adecuada.
Plataformas y justicia laboral:
Desde la 113ª CIT, Danna Vargas, Secretaria de Juventud de Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT), destaca la urgencia de garantizar derechos laborales en la economía de plataformas.
Elle alerte sur la progression de l’économie informelle et appelle l'OIT à intensifier son soutien pour garantir des emplois décents, structurés et protégés, notamment pour les jeunes générations.
À la 113e Conférence internationale du Travail, Yolande Dembega, Secrétaire générale adjointe de la Confédération nationale des travailleurs du Burkina, plaide pour une meilleure formalisation de l’emploi.
Elle appelle à garantir l’accès aux droits, à la négociation collective et à la liberté syndicale pour tous les travailleurs, qu’ils soient salariés ou indépendants.
Retrouvez l'intégralité de l'entretien ici:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SAy...
#CIT2025
À la 113ème Conférence Internationale du Travail, Marylise Léon, Secrétaire Générale de la CFDT (France), plaide pour une reconnaissance claire du statut des travailleurs de plateformes. @cfdt.fr @maryliseleon.cfdt.fr
She emphasizes the importance of the ILC's standard-setting discussion on the platform economy and urges young workers to join unions and take part in shaping the future of work.
Workers' Perspectives at #ILC2025: At her first International Labour Conference, Melissa Ansell-Bridges, Secretary of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions (Te Kauae Kaimahi), shares her passion for securing rights and protections for platform and contract workers.
Watch the full interview now on the ILO YouTube channel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmu8...
In a time of rising inequality, democratic backsliding, and climate and economic shocks, Triangle underscores the critical role of multilateralism, tripartism, and social dialogue in rebuilding trust and advancing social justice.
Why the ILO Must Be Strengthened in Times of Global Crisis: At the 113th Session of the ILC, Luc Triangle, Secretary General of the International Trade Union Confederation, delivers a clear and powerful message: now more than ever, the world needs a strong ILO. @ituc.bsky.social @ilo.org
On 5 June, the ILO Director-General, Gilbert F. Houngbo met with the Workers’ Group. He welcomed and thanked the worker delegates attending the ILC. He reiterated the critical importance of the ILO’s normative mandate and the ILO’s commitment to support its constituents across the world.
#ILC2025
Workers’ Perspectives at #ILC2025 from the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities
Laya Ferrer, from the Associated Labor Unions of the Philippines, shares her experience as a worker, a labour union member, and her hopes for her first International Labour Conference in Geneva.
In her address to the opening Plenary at #ILC2025, Catelene Passchier, Chairperson of the Workers’ group addressed the multiple challenges facing the workers and their unions.
Stay tuned for more updates from the 2025 International Labour Conference!
Workers delegates from around the world are gathering for the 113th session of the International Labour Conference.
Here are some photos from the preparatory meeting of the 1 June.
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#ILC2025
The Workers’ Group held its first meeting on 1 June to elect its officers for the 113th session of the International Labour Conference, which officially opens tomorrow, 2 June.
The institutionalized denial of universal human rights drives the growth of child labour #EndChildLabour #ILC2025 @iloactrav.bsky.social @ipes-food.org @grain.org
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