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Trade union leaders at Davos World Economic Forum to call for action on Jobs, income distribution and re-regulation of financial markets
Start: 20/01/2008
End: 02/02/2008
Recent updates
- 30/01/2008 | Davos 2008 report on
private equity validates unions’ concerns on jobs – but more work
needed
- 25/01/2008 | Davos: Dangerous Complacency over Global Economy
- 25/01/2008| Davos 2008: Creating Decent Jobs - Re-regulating Financial Markets Statement of Labour Leaders to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008 - Davos, Switzerland, 23-27 January 2008
- 24/01/2008 |Watch youtube postings
 Philip J. Jennings , General Secretary of UNI Global Union |
 John Evans , General Secretary of the TUAC |
- 23/01/2008 | Labour at Davos: US
interest rate move necessary, but fundamental problems must be
addressed
As part of a delegation of Global Unions leaders, John Evans General Secretary of the TUAC will attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos (23-27 January 2008). He will speak at a session on Europe's Model of Leadership on Friday 25 January. In a statement addressed to the business and government elites attending the Forum the Global Unions are to call for action to create decent jobs, reduce widening income gaps and re-regulate financial markets.
- Luc Cortebeck, Vice –president of TUAC and President of the
Belgian union the CSC will address a session on migration.
Other union leaders speaking at sessions in Davos include: - Sharan Burrow , President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) & the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
- Guy Ryder , General Secretary of International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
- Philip J. Jennings , General Secretary of UNI Global Union
- David Cockcroft; General Secretary of the International Transport Workers federation (ITF)
Weblinks
ITUC Global Call for Action for Decent Work, Decent Lige
World Social Forum Day of Action and Mobilisation, 26 January
2008
Key TUAC documents on issues to be addressed at the forum
Rebalancing the global economy:
- 28/11/2007| TUAC statement to the OECD on the Economic Situation
- 05/09/2007| Financialisation and the “sub-prime” financial crisis – Issues for future regulation
- 08/06/2007| Evaluation of the Outcome of the G8 Heiligendamm Summit
- 05/06/2007| Trade Union Statement to the Heiligendamm G8 Economic Summit
Labour rigths and responsible business conduct:
- 09/01/2008| OECD MNE Guidelines: TUAC's updated list of NCP cases
- 28/11/2007| A Users' Guide For Trade Unionists to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
- 02/06/2007| TUAC Submission to the Annual Meeting of National Contact Points- Analyses of NCPs
Rise of alternative investment funds:
- 13/12/2007| Sovereign Wealth Funds: TUAC's recommendations to the OECD
- 12/11/2007| Second Ad Hoc meeting on Private Equity & Financialisation
Access to education:
- 04/12/2007| Provision of equitable learning opportunities remains a key challenge according to OECD’s PISA survey
Access to decent pension:
- 11/12/2006| Pension: TUAC Discussion Paper