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ILS in support of freedom of association, tripartite social dialogue, collective bargaining and the SDGs Karen Curtis Chief, Freedom of Association Branch

Freedom of association and collective bargaining  Freedom of Association: a sine qua non for the ILO and the legitimacy of action at the international and national level  ILO Constitution and Declarations  freedom of expression and of association are essential to sustained progress  A key enabling right  Key to sound and equitable relations at work and for ensuring a climate of confidence and trust

Strength and independence: key to success  1952 Resolution on Independence of trade union movement  1970 Resolution on civil liberties  C 87 sets the framework for true engagement at all levels ensuring decisions that respond to the needs of the real economy, buy-in and follow through  Higher-level and international organizations can provide important capacity support

C. 98 critical to ensuring strong and independent trade unions  Effective protection against anti-union discrimination and interference at the time of hiring, during employment and termination  Rapid, impartial, inexpensive review with effective remedies and compensation  Sufficiently dissuasive sanctions to prevent recurrence  Special protection for trade union officials to support individual and the collective action

Constructive role of social partners  Development of and engagement in collective bargaining machinery  Coordination of bargaining levels (enterprise, sectoral, regional and national)  Good faith bargaining and clear mandate to engage

Obligation to negotiate in good faith  Implies genuine and persistent efforts by both parties to reach an agreement  Participate in meetings and provide timely responses  Does not mean that there is an obligation to conclude an agreement  Support measures to promote collective bargaining (information, statistics, training, voluntary procedures designed to facilitate bargaining)

Dispute/conflict resolution  Procedures that are impartial and have the confidence of the parties  Rapid and inexpensive  Binding results, voluntary agreed to  Built-in procedures for interpretation disputes

Benefits of collective Bargaining  Social dialogue, collective bargaining and tripartism to maximise impact of crisis responses to real economy  Increase worker commitment  Reduction in labour turnover  Enhanced productivity and product quality  Reduces inequality, fairer wage distribution

FACB framework for the SDGs Goal Target Indicator Goal 16. Promote peaceful 16.10 Ensure public 16.10.1 Number of and inclusive societies access to information verified cases of killing, for sustainable and protect fundamental kidnapping, enforced development, provide freedoms, in accordance disappearance, arbitrary access to justice for all and with national legislation detention and torture of build effective, accountable and international journalists, associated and inclusive institutions at agreements media personnel, trade all levels unionists and human rights advocates in the previous 12 months

 SDG 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Target Indicator 8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic 8.2.1 Annual growth rate of productivity through diversification, real GDP per employed technological upgrading and innovation, person including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors 8.3 Promote development-oriented policies 8.3.1 Proportion of informal that support productive activities, decent job employment in creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and non-agriculture employment, innovation, and encourage the formalization by sex and growth of micro-, small- and medium- sized enterprises, including through access to financial services

FACB as enabling right to achieve all other FPRW Target Indicator 8.7 Take immediate and effective 8.7.1 Proportion and number of children aged measures to eradicate forced labour, 5-17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and end modern slavery and human age trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms 8.8 Protect labour rights and promote 8.8.1 Frequency rates of fatal and non-fatal safe and secure working environments occupational injuries, by sex and migrant for all workers, including migrant status workers, in particular women 8.8.2 Increase in national compliance of labour migrants, and those in precarious rights (freedom of association and collective employment bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status

Social partner role in wage policy Target Indicator 10.4 Adopt policies, especially fiscal, 10.4.1 Labour share of GDP, comprising wage and social protection policies, and wages and social protection transfers progressively achieve greater equality

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