Everyone Talks about the Economy, But No one Does Anything About it!
Everyone Talks about the Economy, But No one Does Anything About it! (substack.com)
Author: Francine (page 14 of 89)
Laggard European Union member states must act to ensure abolition of sub-minimum rates of pay.
Sub-minimum wages: young people, old attitudes (socialeurope.eu)
Universal social protection for climate action and a just transition
This ILO flagship report provides a global overview of progress made around the world since 2015 in extending social protection, with a sharp focus on the climate crisis and the need for climate action to transition to a more sustainable world.
Inequality has been falling across Europe. But a backlash driven by fiscal ‘discipline’ and ‘competitiveness’ could reverse that.
In difficult times, social cohesion has improved (socialeurope.eu)
US union support is at an all time high but unions need to do more on organizing and collective bargaining
Unions Need to Get More Serious About Organizing – Inequality.org
Church of Sweden: interesting reflection on the universality of social protection
Dialogues on universal social security – Development Pathways
Also showing the declining share of workers in unions
An interesting series of publications by Amnesty International on ESCR, what they are and how to use them in practice
Publications on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – Amnesty International
The UN Intergovernmental Committee on International Tax Cooperation has adopted, with the support of a large majority of member states, a Terms of Reference (ToR) that is the blueprint for developing the convention. Negotiations based on the ToR are planned over the next three years and should result in the adoption of a UN Global Tax Convention expected in 2027.
UN DESA presented the key messages and recommendations of the World Social Report 2024: Social Development in Times of Converging Crises: A Call for Global Action. Since the First World Summit for Social Development held in Copenhagen in 1995, progress has been made across the world in realizing social development objectives such as poverty eradication, full employment, and inclusion. However, many gaps and challenges remained, even as recently as five years back. Today, amid a confluence of shocks and crises, less than a fifth of the SDG targets are on track, with nearly a half showing insufficient progress, and over a third that are stalled or in reversal.
World Social Report 2024 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs (un.org)
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