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17 October 2024 ZIMBABWE A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs - 2024

Zimbabwe is facing multiple crises: recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, food shortages and the impacts of climate change. While an economic recovery programme and stimulus package were introduced to combat the pandemic’s impacts, trade unions and business representatives have criticised the (…)

18 October 2024 UGANDA: A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs - 2024

The government of Uganda introduced stimulus packages and measures in response to the multiple crises to address environmental and structural issues and spur green, resilient, and inclusive growth. Agricultural and natural resource resilience have additionally been embraced as post-pandemic (…)

20 October 2024 TANZANIA A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs - 2024

Tanzania’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic was not initially strong. As existing social and health programming was predominantly oriented towards a rural population, it failed to reach the households in the informal urban economy which were most vulnerable to the virus. However, the government (…)

18 October 2024 South Africa: A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs - 2024

The South African government has implemented various programmes to address the ongoing multiple crises. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the government worked closely with trade unions and businesses to address occupational health and safety, provide subsidies compensating workers for lost (…)

19 October 2024 NIGERIA: A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs - 2024

The Nigerian government is responding to the multiple crises of food and energy prices, climate change and the impact of Covid-19, through its macroeconomic policies in the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) and National Development Plan 2021-25 (NDP). Nigeria’s Nationally Determined (…)

20 October 2024 NAMIBIA A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs

To address the multiple crises, the government of Namibia has decided to intervene in key areas: employment creation, prioritising youth employment and entrepreneurship; expanding social protection coverage; and a national formalisation strategy. Trade unions have been actively involved in the (…)

20 October 2024 A trade union focus on the SDGs – Kenya

Trade unions were involved in measures to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. These included a tripartite memorandum of understanding with workers and employers, to protect jobs and help retrenched workers back into employment during the recovery. Since coming to office in 2022, the (…)

22 October 2024 Position Paper to the HLPF 2024 - Boosting the 2030 Agenda: decent work and social justice as drivers of sustainable development

This document by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) reflects the position developed by the ITUC on behalf of the Workers’ and Trade Union Major Group on the five Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be reviewed at the 2024 High-Level Political Forum (SDG 1, SDG 2, SDG 13, SDG (…)

22 October 2025 A TRADE UNION FOCUS ON THE SDGs - South Africa

The South African government has implemented various programmes to address the ongoing multiple crises. To tackle informalisation, the government, in dialogue with trade unions, plans to improve labour protections for vulnerable and atypical workers, by both strengthening labour legislation and (…)

22 October 2025 A trade union focus on the SDGs - Nigeria

Nigeria is facing a severe cost-of-living crisis. The government’s partial removal of fuel subsidies and the devaluation of the naira which were intended to attract foreign investment, have left many Nigerians unable to afford food or fuel, resulting in mass protests and widespread food (…)

22 October 2025 A trade union focus on the SDGs - Ghana

In the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Ghana provided grants totalling US$5 million to 373 small- and medium-sized enterprises through the Ghana Economic Transformation Project to support their recovery from the crisis. In the longer term, the government (…)

22 October 2025 Position Paper to the HLPF 2025 - Decent work drives change: delivering the 2030 Agenda

This document by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) reflects the position developed by the ITUC on behalf of the Workers’ and Trade Union Major Group on the five Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be reviewed at the 2025 High-Level Political Forum (SDG 3, SDG 5, SDG 8, SDG (…)
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PAMPHLET ON THE SDGs

The pamphlet aims to introduce trade unionists to the 2030 Agenda and its overlap with the work of the labour movement. It gives an overview of how the Sustainable Development Goals and the work of trade unions can be mutually reinforcing and outlines some steps for trade union engagement at national, regional and international level.

1 December 2020
Technical document Tools for affiliates SDGs
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