Empowering and protecting workers

Explore and exchange on how workers organizations can enhance their action to build migrant workers power, monitor recruitment practices, tackle abuses and advocate for improved policies and regulations.

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About

Workers, especially migrant workers, can be at risk of a range of violations of human and labour rights during the recruitment process. The FRI supports and partners with trade unions to advance fair recruitment, protect workers’ rights, promote empowerment and organization.  Under this thematic focus members will learn about trade unions strategies and promising practices on organizing migrant workers, as well as on monitoring recruitment practices and tackle recruitment related abuses. In partnership with the International Trade Union Confederation, tools such as the ITUC recruitment Advisor, research materials and tools will be shared and promoted.

Objectives

Members will have opportunities to engage with workers organizations globally, share experiences, challenges and opportunities in organizing migrant workers and effectively address recruitment related challenges and abuses.  The objective under this thematic are to enhance awareness and capacities of workers organizations to support and organize migrant workers, provide them with effective services in case of recruitment related abuses, better monitor recruitment practices and effectively engage with government and employers organizations for regulatory and policy reform.

Relevant thematic content

News

Winners of 2023 ILO Global Media Competition on Labour Migration announced

Inaugural FAIR III Project Advisory Board Meeting Sets Course for Fair Recruitment in Ghana

In a significant stride towards promoting fair…

Launch of FAIR III Programme Promoting Fair Recruitment in Ghana

Accra, Ghana - In an important…

ILO opens the 2023 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration

GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour…

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Resources

Promising practices for fair recruitment in Bangladesh: Digitised management of recruitment agencies

Fair recruitment Roadmap: A guide for national action

Measuring SDG indicator 10.7.1 on recruitment costs of migrant workers:Results from the recruitment cost-module in Maldives, 2019

Bangladesh: Labour force survey 2022

Events

Completed

The use of digital technology in access to justice across borders

Hybrid

- VST -

Completed

Interregional meeting: Strengthening cooperation of trade unions from Africa and from Arab States to advance Fair Recruitment, Freedom of Association and Just Transition for Migrant Workers

In-person

- CET

Completed

ITUC Global online meeting on International Migrants Day

Online

- CET

Completed

Virtual Roundtable Discussion: Protecting the Rights of Migrant Workers in Irregular Situations

Online

- CET

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10 Years of the Fair Recruitment Initiative: Milestones, Impact, and the Road Ahead 0 1 month 1 week ago
Access to justice for recruitment-related abuses 7 2 years 4 months ago
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