The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC)
@tuac.bsky.social
The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) is an international trade union organisation which has consultative status with the OECD and its various committees.
🧵 The annual Liaison Committee Meeting brings together TUAC, our affiliates from across the globe, OECD leadership & government delegations.
TUAC President @lizshuler.bsky.social opening now.
TUAC President @lizshuler.bsky.social opening now.
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🧵 The annual Liaison Committee Meeting brings together TUAC, our affiliates from across the globe, OECD leadership & government delegations.
TUAC President @lizshuler.bsky.social opening now.
TUAC President @lizshuler.bsky.social opening now.
Delighted to welcome @gabrielzucman.bsky.social to the OECD this morning for #TUAC157.
Looking forward to his insights on fairer tax systems, taxing extreme wealth and tackling inequality – and what they mean for workers and collective bargaining. #TaxJustice #Inequality
Looking forward to his insights on fairer tax systems, taxing extreme wealth and tackling inequality – and what they mean for workers and collective bargaining. #TaxJustice #Inequality
December 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Delighted to welcome @gabrielzucman.bsky.social to the OECD this morning for #TUAC157.
Looking forward to his insights on fairer tax systems, taxing extreme wealth and tackling inequality – and what they mean for workers and collective bargaining. #TaxJustice #Inequality
Looking forward to his insights on fairer tax systems, taxing extreme wealth and tackling inequality – and what they mean for workers and collective bargaining. #TaxJustice #Inequality
157th TUAC Plenary meeting kicking off today at the OECD in Paris 🎤
Excited to welcome our affiliates for crucial discussions on advancing workers’ rights and economic justice across the OECD and beyond.
Excited to welcome our affiliates for crucial discussions on advancing workers’ rights and economic justice across the OECD and beyond.
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
157th TUAC Plenary meeting kicking off today at the OECD in Paris 🎤
Excited to welcome our affiliates for crucial discussions on advancing workers’ rights and economic justice across the OECD and beyond.
Excited to welcome our affiliates for crucial discussions on advancing workers’ rights and economic justice across the OECD and beyond.
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As Thailand submits its Initial Memorandum to the OECD today, trade unions are clear: membership must be conditional on urgent labour rights reforms – including ratifying ILO Conventions 87 & 98 and extending union rights to all workers.
Full assessment 🔽
As Thailand submits its Initial Memorandum to the OECD today, trade unions are clear: membership must be conditional on urgent labour rights reforms – including ratifying ILO Conventions 87 & 98 and extending union rights to all workers.
Full assessment 🔽
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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As Thailand submits its Initial Memorandum to the OECD today, trade unions are clear: membership must be conditional on urgent labour rights reforms – including ratifying ILO Conventions 87 & 98 and extending union rights to all workers.
Full assessment 🔽
As Thailand submits its Initial Memorandum to the OECD today, trade unions are clear: membership must be conditional on urgent labour rights reforms – including ratifying ILO Conventions 87 & 98 and extending union rights to all workers.
Full assessment 🔽
“Charging a union leader for criticising corporate behaviour is a deliberate strategy to silence workers,” says TUAC President
@lizshuler.bsky.social.
TUAC affiliates stand with @sophie.binet.cgt.fr and @cgt.fr against far-right attacks on trade unions and democracy. #SoutienSophieBinet
@lizshuler.bsky.social.
TUAC affiliates stand with @sophie.binet.cgt.fr and @cgt.fr against far-right attacks on trade unions and democracy. #SoutienSophieBinet
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“Charging a union leader for criticising corporate behaviour is a deliberate strategy to silence workers,” says TUAC President
@lizshuler.bsky.social.
TUAC affiliates stand with @sophie.binet.cgt.fr and @cgt.fr against far-right attacks on trade unions and democracy. #SoutienSophieBinet
@lizshuler.bsky.social.
TUAC affiliates stand with @sophie.binet.cgt.fr and @cgt.fr against far-right attacks on trade unions and democracy. #SoutienSophieBinet
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Swedish media pick-up on our report on active labour market policies.
📰 arbetsvarlden.se covers how Sweden has cut spending on training for unemployed workers from nearly 1% of GDP in the early 1990s to 0.06% – the biggest fall in the OECD (article in Swedish).
Swedish media pick-up on our report on active labour market policies.
📰 arbetsvarlden.se covers how Sweden has cut spending on training for unemployed workers from nearly 1% of GDP in the early 1990s to 0.06% – the biggest fall in the OECD (article in Swedish).
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Swedish media pick-up on our report on active labour market policies.
📰 arbetsvarlden.se covers how Sweden has cut spending on training for unemployed workers from nearly 1% of GDP in the early 1990s to 0.06% – the biggest fall in the OECD (article in Swedish).
Swedish media pick-up on our report on active labour market policies.
📰 arbetsvarlden.se covers how Sweden has cut spending on training for unemployed workers from nearly 1% of GDP in the early 1990s to 0.06% – the biggest fall in the OECD (article in Swedish).
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L7 warns the G7 is sidelining its labour & employment agenda. 🚨
Trade unions call on leaders to:
• Restore a strong Labour & Employment track in 2026
• Adopt a G7 Zero In-Work Poverty target
• Extend collective bargaining coverage
L7 warns the G7 is sidelining its labour & employment agenda. 🚨
Trade unions call on leaders to:
• Restore a strong Labour & Employment track in 2026
• Adopt a G7 Zero In-Work Poverty target
• Extend collective bargaining coverage
L7 demands G7 restore labour agenda amid concerns over future of employment track - TUAC
The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is the interface for trade unions with the Organisation and its members.
tuac.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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L7 warns the G7 is sidelining its labour & employment agenda. 🚨
Trade unions call on leaders to:
• Restore a strong Labour & Employment track in 2026
• Adopt a G7 Zero In-Work Poverty target
• Extend collective bargaining coverage
L7 warns the G7 is sidelining its labour & employment agenda. 🚨
Trade unions call on leaders to:
• Restore a strong Labour & Employment track in 2026
• Adopt a G7 Zero In-Work Poverty target
• Extend collective bargaining coverage
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TUAC reaction to the new OECD Economic Outlook: deregulation is not the answer. Weakening worker protections won’t drive innovation – it will deepen inequality.
TUAC reaction to the new OECD Economic Outlook: deregulation is not the answer. Weakening worker protections won’t drive innovation – it will deepen inequality.
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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TUAC reaction to the new OECD Economic Outlook: deregulation is not the answer. Weakening worker protections won’t drive innovation – it will deepen inequality.
TUAC reaction to the new OECD Economic Outlook: deregulation is not the answer. Weakening worker protections won’t drive innovation – it will deepen inequality.
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BREAKING: We have filed an OECD complaint against Amazon for the conditions of their third-party suppliers and the retail giant's lack of due diligence
www.ecotextile.com/202511256087...
www.ecotextile.com/202511256087...
Amazon faces OECD complaint on due diligence in Pakistan
Campaigners say online retail giant fails to check pay and conditions of workers in the supply chains of its third-party marketplace sellers
www.ecotextile.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
BREAKING: We have filed an OECD complaint against Amazon for the conditions of their third-party suppliers and the retail giant's lack of due diligence
www.ecotextile.com/202511256087...
www.ecotextile.com/202511256087...
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New TUAC policy brief warns governments are failing workers as spending on active labour market policies hits a 20-year low.
OECD data: just 0.41% of GDP in 2023 and training down 30% since 2010.
Time to activate labour market policies 👇
tuac.org/news/governm...
New TUAC policy brief warns governments are failing workers as spending on active labour market policies hits a 20-year low.
OECD data: just 0.41% of GDP in 2023 and training down 30% since 2010.
Time to activate labour market policies 👇
tuac.org/news/governm...
Governments must reverse collapse in training programmes, new TUAC policy brief warns - TUAC
The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is the interface for trade unions with the Organisation and its members.
tuac.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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New TUAC policy brief warns governments are failing workers as spending on active labour market policies hits a 20-year low.
OECD data: just 0.41% of GDP in 2023 and training down 30% since 2010.
Time to activate labour market policies 👇
tuac.org/news/governm...
New TUAC policy brief warns governments are failing workers as spending on active labour market policies hits a 20-year low.
OECD data: just 0.41% of GDP in 2023 and training down 30% since 2010.
Time to activate labour market policies 👇
tuac.org/news/governm...
Our affiliate JTUC-RENGO is collecting 10 million signatures in support of abolishing nuclear weapons.
Trade unions are calling for a safer, nuclear-free world.
Add your voice here 👉 www.jtuc-rengo.or.jp/activity/kiz...
#NuclearBan #TPNW
Trade unions are calling for a safer, nuclear-free world.
Add your voice here 👉 www.jtuc-rengo.or.jp/activity/kiz...
#NuclearBan #TPNW
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Our affiliate JTUC-RENGO is collecting 10 million signatures in support of abolishing nuclear weapons.
Trade unions are calling for a safer, nuclear-free world.
Add your voice here 👉 www.jtuc-rengo.or.jp/activity/kiz...
#NuclearBan #TPNW
Trade unions are calling for a safer, nuclear-free world.
Add your voice here 👉 www.jtuc-rengo.or.jp/activity/kiz...
#NuclearBan #TPNW
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Day 2 at #SimplifyingForSuccess: TUAC GS Veronica Nilsson speaking on deregulation panel.
"OECD surveys show “simplification” priorities differ sharply between business and government – this is exactly why all stakeholders, especially trade unions, need to be consulted."
Day 2 at #SimplifyingForSuccess: TUAC GS Veronica Nilsson speaking on deregulation panel.
"OECD surveys show “simplification” priorities differ sharply between business and government – this is exactly why all stakeholders, especially trade unions, need to be consulted."
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Day 2 at #SimplifyingForSuccess: TUAC GS Veronica Nilsson speaking on deregulation panel.
"OECD surveys show “simplification” priorities differ sharply between business and government – this is exactly why all stakeholders, especially trade unions, need to be consulted."
Day 2 at #SimplifyingForSuccess: TUAC GS Veronica Nilsson speaking on deregulation panel.
"OECD surveys show “simplification” priorities differ sharply between business and government – this is exactly why all stakeholders, especially trade unions, need to be consulted."
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At today’s OECD #SimplifyingForSuccess symposium, trade unionist Frédéric Favraud underlines that success in health means universal access to quality care, not profitability.
Health is about quality, not quantity – and there is no quality care without decent work.
At today’s OECD #SimplifyingForSuccess symposium, trade unionist Frédéric Favraud underlines that success in health means universal access to quality care, not profitability.
Health is about quality, not quantity – and there is no quality care without decent work.
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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At today’s OECD #SimplifyingForSuccess symposium, trade unionist Frédéric Favraud underlines that success in health means universal access to quality care, not profitability.
Health is about quality, not quantity – and there is no quality care without decent work.
At today’s OECD #SimplifyingForSuccess symposium, trade unionist Frédéric Favraud underlines that success in health means universal access to quality care, not profitability.
Health is about quality, not quantity – and there is no quality care without decent work.
We were delighted to welcome colleagues from Danish trade union 3F to the OECD this week.
Powerful exchange on fair transitions, organising and delivering stronger protections for workers.
@3f.dk @formand.3f.dk @3fvicepresident.bsky.social
Powerful exchange on fair transitions, organising and delivering stronger protections for workers.
@3f.dk @formand.3f.dk @3fvicepresident.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We were delighted to welcome colleagues from Danish trade union 3F to the OECD this week.
Powerful exchange on fair transitions, organising and delivering stronger protections for workers.
@3f.dk @formand.3f.dk @3fvicepresident.bsky.social
Powerful exchange on fair transitions, organising and delivering stronger protections for workers.
@3f.dk @formand.3f.dk @3fvicepresident.bsky.social
Speaking at today's OECD LAC Ministerial in Paraguay, TUAC General Secretary Veronica Nilsson called to:
🔹 Strengthen Responsible Business Conduct
🔹 Tackle informality & inequality
🔹 Ensure countries adhere to & implement the OECD Guidelines on MNEs
#RBC #LAC @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
🔹 Strengthen Responsible Business Conduct
🔹 Tackle informality & inequality
🔹 Ensure countries adhere to & implement the OECD Guidelines on MNEs
#RBC #LAC @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Speaking at today's OECD LAC Ministerial in Paraguay, TUAC General Secretary Veronica Nilsson called to:
🔹 Strengthen Responsible Business Conduct
🔹 Tackle informality & inequality
🔹 Ensure countries adhere to & implement the OECD Guidelines on MNEs
#RBC #LAC @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
🔹 Strengthen Responsible Business Conduct
🔹 Tackle informality & inequality
🔹 Ensure countries adhere to & implement the OECD Guidelines on MNEs
#RBC #LAC @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
At today's @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Corporate Sustainability Roundtable, Veronica Nilsson:
“Despite years of reporting, ~28M people remain in forced labour. Credible ESG needs mandatory disclosure aligned with ILO standards, full value-chain scope, and real engagement with workers & unions.”
“Despite years of reporting, ~28M people remain in forced labour. Credible ESG needs mandatory disclosure aligned with ILO standards, full value-chain scope, and real engagement with workers & unions.”
October 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
At today's @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Corporate Sustainability Roundtable, Veronica Nilsson:
“Despite years of reporting, ~28M people remain in forced labour. Credible ESG needs mandatory disclosure aligned with ILO standards, full value-chain scope, and real engagement with workers & unions.”
“Despite years of reporting, ~28M people remain in forced labour. Credible ESG needs mandatory disclosure aligned with ILO standards, full value-chain scope, and real engagement with workers & unions.”
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@tuac.bsky.social calls for concrete fixes after French National Contact Point finds Shein in breach of @oecd-ocde.bsky.social MNE guideline. Cite overwhelming lack of due diligence and workplace processes making labour rights violations highly likely tuac.org/news/tuac-ca...
TUAC calls for concrete fixes after French NCP finds Shein in breach of OECD Guidelines - TUAC
The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is the interface for trade unions with the Organisation and its members.
tuac.org
October 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
@tuac.bsky.social calls for concrete fixes after French National Contact Point finds Shein in breach of @oecd-ocde.bsky.social MNE guideline. Cite overwhelming lack of due diligence and workplace processes making labour rights violations highly likely tuac.org/news/tuac-ca...
Democracy at work means good wages, stable jobs, safe workplaces, and robust public services. TUAC stands in solidarity with our affiliate CGIL and workers marching in Rome today.
#DemocraziaAlLavoro
#DemocraziaAlLavoro
October 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Democracy at work means good wages, stable jobs, safe workplaces, and robust public services. TUAC stands in solidarity with our affiliate CGIL and workers marching in Rome today.
#DemocraziaAlLavoro
#DemocraziaAlLavoro
🚨 France's NCP has found Shein in breach of OECD Guidelines, with systemic gaps in due diligence and workplace processes.
Evidence shows 75-hour working weeks, missing contracts and a failure to address concerns over child and forced labour.
Full analysis 👇
tuac.org/news/tuac-ca...
Evidence shows 75-hour working weeks, missing contracts and a failure to address concerns over child and forced labour.
Full analysis 👇
tuac.org/news/tuac-ca...
TUAC calls for concrete fixes after French NCP finds Shein in breach of OECD Guidelines - TUAC
The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is the interface for trade unions with the Organisation and its members.
tuac.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🚨 France's NCP has found Shein in breach of OECD Guidelines, with systemic gaps in due diligence and workplace processes.
Evidence shows 75-hour working weeks, missing contracts and a failure to address concerns over child and forced labour.
Full analysis 👇
tuac.org/news/tuac-ca...
Evidence shows 75-hour working weeks, missing contracts and a failure to address concerns over child and forced labour.
Full analysis 👇
tuac.org/news/tuac-ca...
TUAC's view on the OECD’s 'Better Regulation Practices across the EU 2025' report: regulation must serve the public interest, with social and environmental protections built into the process, not stripped out in the name of “simplification.”
tuac.org/news/put-peo...
tuac.org/news/put-peo...
Put People at the Core of Rulemaking, TUAC urges after new OECD review - TUAC
The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is the interface for trade unions with the Organisation and its members.
tuac.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
TUAC's view on the OECD’s 'Better Regulation Practices across the EU 2025' report: regulation must serve the public interest, with social and environmental protections built into the process, not stripped out in the name of “simplification.”
tuac.org/news/put-peo...
tuac.org/news/put-peo...
“Strong labour law frameworks and trade union movements are critical to ensure that the gains from trade are widely shared.”
- Eric Gottwald, @aflcio.org making the case on the distributional impacts of trade policy and the role of collective bargaining at today's @oecdtrade.bsky.social workshop.
- Eric Gottwald, @aflcio.org making the case on the distributional impacts of trade policy and the role of collective bargaining at today's @oecdtrade.bsky.social workshop.
October 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
“Strong labour law frameworks and trade union movements are critical to ensure that the gains from trade are widely shared.”
- Eric Gottwald, @aflcio.org making the case on the distributional impacts of trade policy and the role of collective bargaining at today's @oecdtrade.bsky.social workshop.
- Eric Gottwald, @aflcio.org making the case on the distributional impacts of trade policy and the role of collective bargaining at today's @oecdtrade.bsky.social workshop.
📢 "The TULRAA amendment has the potential to revolutionise labour relations"
KCTU and FKTU representatives share with TUAC how their 20-year struggle secured landmark reforms protecting supply chain workers in Korea.
#LabourRights #SupplyChains #RBC
tuac.org/news/korean-...
KCTU and FKTU representatives share with TUAC how their 20-year struggle secured landmark reforms protecting supply chain workers in Korea.
#LabourRights #SupplyChains #RBC
tuac.org/news/korean-...
Korean unions triumph in securing landmark labour reforms to protect supply chain workers - TUAC
The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is the interface for trade unions with the Organisation and its members.
tuac.org
October 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
📢 "The TULRAA amendment has the potential to revolutionise labour relations"
KCTU and FKTU representatives share with TUAC how their 20-year struggle secured landmark reforms protecting supply chain workers in Korea.
#LabourRights #SupplyChains #RBC
tuac.org/news/korean-...
KCTU and FKTU representatives share with TUAC how their 20-year struggle secured landmark reforms protecting supply chain workers in Korea.
#LabourRights #SupplyChains #RBC
tuac.org/news/korean-...
🤝 Reunión importante entre OCDE y sindicatos peruanos, incl. nuestra afiliada CATP-Perú.
El respeto a la libertad sindical y al trabajo decente debe estar en el centro del proceso de adhesión a la OCDE, con las y los trabajadores en la mesa durante todo el proceso.
@oecd-ocde.bsky.social
El respeto a la libertad sindical y al trabajo decente debe estar en el centro del proceso de adhesión a la OCDE, con las y los trabajadores en la mesa durante todo el proceso.
@oecd-ocde.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🤝 Reunión importante entre OCDE y sindicatos peruanos, incl. nuestra afiliada CATP-Perú.
El respeto a la libertad sindical y al trabajo decente debe estar en el centro del proceso de adhesión a la OCDE, con las y los trabajadores en la mesa durante todo el proceso.
@oecd-ocde.bsky.social
El respeto a la libertad sindical y al trabajo decente debe estar en el centro del proceso de adhesión a la OCDE, con las y los trabajadores en la mesa durante todo el proceso.
@oecd-ocde.bsky.social
🤝 Important meeting today between OECD and Peruvian unions, incl. our affiliate CATP-Peru.
Respect for trade union rights and decent work must be at the core of the accession process, with workers at the table throughout.
@oecd-ocde.bsky.social
Respect for trade union rights and decent work must be at the core of the accession process, with workers at the table throughout.
@oecd-ocde.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🤝 Important meeting today between OECD and Peruvian unions, incl. our affiliate CATP-Peru.
Respect for trade union rights and decent work must be at the core of the accession process, with workers at the table throughout.
@oecd-ocde.bsky.social
Respect for trade union rights and decent work must be at the core of the accession process, with workers at the table throughout.
@oecd-ocde.bsky.social
🤝 Our General Secretary, Veronica Nilsson, was delighted to meet today with the Australian Ambassador to the OECD, Stephen Jones.
We look forward to working together on shared priorities with our member @australianunions.bsky.social. We're proud to make Australian workers' voices heard at the OECD.
We look forward to working together on shared priorities with our member @australianunions.bsky.social. We're proud to make Australian workers' voices heard at the OECD.
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🤝 Our General Secretary, Veronica Nilsson, was delighted to meet today with the Australian Ambassador to the OECD, Stephen Jones.
We look forward to working together on shared priorities with our member @australianunions.bsky.social. We're proud to make Australian workers' voices heard at the OECD.
We look forward to working together on shared priorities with our member @australianunions.bsky.social. We're proud to make Australian workers' voices heard at the OECD.