Guide and Trade Union Dossierfor Boosting the Capabilities of ACPTrade Unions in the EconomicPartnership Agreements
(2007) ISBN: [2-930467-08-8], 142 pages, published
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- The negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) under the Cotonou Agreement entered their final phase this year (2007). They have presented some problems for the trade union organisations, both in the ACP (African, Caribbean and Pacific) countries and in Europe. The point is that these agreements will lead to structural reforms which will bring consequences for the living and working conditions of the ACP populations. Accordingly, it is essential for the trade union organisations to get actively involved in the negotiations and the framing of these EPAs so as to guarantee that they comply with binding criteria tying the integration of the ACP countries into the global economy with the promotion of decent work, the reinforcement of social and economic rights and respect for workers’ rights. That is why the Confédération syndicale des travailleurs du Togo, on behalf of all the trade union organisations of the ACP countries and the European Trade Union Confederation have undertaken a project aimed at ‘Boosting the capabilities of ACP trade union organisations in the Economic Partnership Agreements’. They were supported by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the World Confederation of Labour (WCL), now dissolved and united within the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) as well as by the Bureau for Workers’ Activities at the International Labour Organization.
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Amougou, T. (2007). Guide and Trade Union Dossierfor Boosting the Capabilities of ACPTrade Unions in the EconomicPartnership Agreements. ACP/UE. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/43244