[IER] ILO calls on govts to promote collective bargaining to ensure automation benefits all

Fri Jan 25 12:19:18 GMT 2019

IER News Brief 25/01/19

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The International Labour Organization (ILO) - the workers’ rights arm of the United Nations - has urged world leaders to promote collective bargaining <https://ier.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f121e48a8bb6d3101590c12d3&id=456b3cc2d2&e=71131c031b>  as a first line of defence at a time when the rapid automation of work is putting jobs under threat.

The agency's Global Commission on the Future of Work, co-chaired by Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, set out 10 recommendations for member states - including the UK - to protect their populations as technological advances, climate change and demographic shifts transform the world.

"Countless opportunities lie ahead to improve the quality of working lives, expand choice, close the gender gap, reverse the damages wreaked by global inequality. Yet none of this will happen by itself. Without decisive action we will be sleepwalking into a world that widens existing inequalities and uncertainties," the Commission's report warned.

Among its proposals was for all member states to set out a new Universal Labour Guarantee of "fundamental workers' rights, an adequate living wage, limits on hours of work and safe and healthy workplaces", which should be agreed through collective bargaining processes.

As Löfven said: "The world of work is undergoing great changes. They create many opportunities for more and better jobs. But governments, trade unions and employers need to work together, to make economies and labour markets more inclusive. Such a social dialogue can help make globalisation work for everyone."

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