Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)

Highlights

• 100th ILO annual conference concludes with move toward new era of social justice
  The annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded its historic 100th session on Friday 17 June after taking a number of steps aimed at moving toward what ILO Director-General Juan Somavia called “a new era of social justice”.
  • 100th Session of the International Labour Conference, 2011
  • Quotes from Heads of State and Government in support of ILO at the 100th International Labour Conference
• 100th ILO annual Conference decides to bring an estimated 53 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide under the realm of labour standards
  The government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday, 16 June adopted a historic set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.
  • PR No. 15A - Text of the Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers - [pdf 1635 KB]
  • PR No. 15B - Text of the Recommendation Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers - [pdf 1631 KB]
  • Decent work for domestic workers
• ACTRAV INFO: June 2011 - [pdf 295 KB]
  ACTRAV INFO, A monthly newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), No 4 June 2011.
• Climate Change and Labour: The Need for a “Just Transition” - [pdf 5636 KB]
  Climate change is now widely acknowledged as one of the great – if not the greatest – challenges facing humanity in the coming decades. Through its impact on average temperature, precipitations and sea levels, it will endanger the livelihood of hundreds of millions and impose increasing costs on our societies if nothing is done.