Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)
Highlights
Press release
Arab States: Unions strategize on shaping a renewed social contract
Video message
New Year 2025: Message of Maria Helena Andre to Unions
10–20 March 2025
353rd Session of the Governing Body
ILO Conference
New Social Contract - A Trade Union Perspective for the Caribbean
News and articles
Press release
Arab States: Unions strategize on shaping a renewed social contract
Video interview
Why Peak-Level Social Dialogue is key to advance decent work?
Ongoing and upcoming events
ILO Conference
New Social Contract - A Trade Union Perspective for the Caribbean
Most recent publications
A Bold Step to End Exploitation
Kenya Joins Alliance 8.7 as a Pathfinder Country
Honoring Heroes in the Fight Against Child Labour
Unveiling Champions Against Child Labour in Kenya and Uganda
International Journal of Labour Research
Launched in 2009, the International Journal of Labour Research (IJLR) is the flagship publication of the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV).
Key resources
Report
Violence and harassment in the world of work-Trade union initiatives, strategies and negotiations since the adoption of the Convention
Publication
Workers' organizations and development cooperation - A Workers’ guide to effective participation in ILO development cooperation
Trade union engagements on the SDGs and union revitalization in five Asian countries
Using foresight to think and act upon an uncertain future world of work
Book
African Trade Unions and the Future of Work Responses, Challenges and Opportunities
ILO Working paper 106
Are platform workers willing to unionize? Exploring survey evidence from 14 European countries
Key areas of Work
The New Social Contract from a Workers' Organization Perspective
Development Cooperation and Workers' Organizations
Trade Unions in transformation
Related
Workers' Group of the Governing Body
The ACTRAV-Turin Labour Education Programme
The Bureau for Workers ‘Activities (ACTRAV) is the main link between the International Labour Office and the world of work through one of its constituents: workers’ organizations.
ACTRAV ensures that the concerns and interests of workers’ organizations are taken into consideration in the policy development and activities of the International Labour Office, both at Headquarter and in the Field.
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