https://www.ituc-csi.org/a-new-social-contract
The global economic model has failed working people. The power and greed of huge global corporations have captured governments, which are acting against the rights and security of their own workers. In global supply chains, 94% of the global workforce is a hidden workforce where the obscurity of business contracts facilitates exploitation and oppression.
The world is three times richer than twenty years ago, yet seventy percent of people are denied universal social, protection, 84% of people say the minimum wage is not enough to live on and 81% of countries have allowed violations of the right to collectively bargain. This is inequality by design.
It’s time for a New Social Contract between workers, government and business which should include a floor of a universal labour guarantee for all workers.
Implementing a New Social Contract would make sure that that rights are respected, jobs are decent with minimum living wages and collective bargaining, social protection is universal, due diligence and accountability are driving business operations, and that social dialogue ensures just transition measures for climate and technology.
https://www.ituc-csi.org/about-us
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) is the global voice of the world’s working people.
The ITUC’s primary mission is the promotion and defence of workers’ rights and interests, through international cooperation between trade unions, global campaigning and advocacy within the major global institutions.
Its main areas of activity include the following: trade union and human rights; economy, society and the workplace; equality and non-discrimination; and international solidarity.
The ITUC adheres to the principles of trade union democracy and independence. It is governed by four-yearly world congresses, a General Council and an Executive Bureau.
The ITUC regional organisations are the Asia-Pacific Regional Organisation (ITUC-AP), the African Regional Organisation (ITUC-AF) and the American Regional Organisation (TUCA). It cooperates with the European Trade Union Confederation, including through the Pan-European Regional Council.
The ITUC has close relations with the Global Union Federations and the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC). It works closely with the International Labour Organisation and with several other UN Specialised Agencies.
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