Training and knowledge as a vehicle to equal opportunities in employment and the exercise of citizen rights is central to trade unionism at the national and international level.

Trade Unions and Training is the means by which the Centre’s seeks to strengthen trade union protagonism in training activities; to develop a continuous and collective strategy of exchange, cooperation and accumulation of knowledge. More>>

World Day for Safety and Health at Work - "Safe and Healthy Workplaces - Making Decent Work a Reality". ILO: SafeWork. 28 April, 2007.

ILO Director-General lauds formation of new global union federation representing 166 million workers. Globalization makes ILO's labour standards increasingly essential

IOE/ICFTU Joint Statement on HIVAIDS: G8 Summit must get to grips with HIV/AIDS. Geneva, 12 July, 2006.

Joint Statement IOE / ORIT / CLAT to eliminate Child Labour and its Worst Forms in the Americas. Brasilia, May 2006.

Statement of the workers' representatives group in the Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Technical Committee of Cinterfor/ILO. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 19 - 21 October, 2005.

Unions look for action to implement promises after UN Summit. Brussels, 16 September, 2005. International Conference of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU).

Labour education. Trade unions and poverty reduction strategies. Geneva, ILO/ACTRAV. Nos. 134-135, 2004. Provisional edition.

Trade Union Analysis of the Conclusions Proposed for the Review of Recommendation N° 150 on Human Resources Development

Workshop attended by representatives of the Trade-Union Federations of the Southern Cone Countries: "Circumstances and contents of Review of ILO Recommendation No. 150 on Human Resources Development". Montevideo, 29 and 30 April 2003.

Introducing DIEESE - Inter Trade Union Department of Statistics and Socio-Economic Studies of Brazil

Organizing for social justice

This Report points out that the respect on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work has improved and that the situation now is more encouraging than that of four years after, even if persist intimidation actions against workers and employers looking for organization. More>>