Trade Union Forum

BRICS unions attend the 1st Employment Working Group meeting in South Africa

The first meeting of BRICS Working Group on Employment (EWG) was held on May 7-9, 2018 in Mbombela (South Africa). The meeting aimed at examining the materials and positions of social partners on the basis of which the Declaration of BRICS Ministers of Labour and Employment will later be prepared. The South African presidency has identified youth employment, equal pay for the work of equal value and the development of social partnership as its priorities in the sphere of labour relations.

Social partner representatives of BRICS countries, experts from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Social Security Association (ISSA), officials of the local authorities and students of the University of Mpumalanga took part in the discussion and drafting of the meeting’s documents. In the course of discussions trade union representatives from Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa actively participated in formulating the solutions.

A meeting of trade union delegates was held on the EWG sidelines to discuss preparation for the 7^th BRICS Trade Union Forum to be held in Durban, South Africa, in July 2018.