7th BRICS Trade Unions Forum Goals
27 July 2018
COSATU, FEDUSA and NACTU have set the following as the priority goals for hosting the 2018 BRICS Trade Unions Forum in Durban, South Africa:
Goal One: Investment in people, social and economic infrastructure, environment and governance for sustainable development.
- Building industrialisation and manufacturing capacity of our economies to enhance employment for all
- Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for human development
Goal TWO: Building workers skills, innovation and ICT development tools
- The Future of Work initiative
- The 4th industrial revolution
Goal THREE: Decent work, effective Bargaining and Social Protection
- Comprehensive Social protection for the poor and working people
- Formalisation of the informal economy (including entrepreneurship enhancement)
- Ending Child labour, sexual exploitation and human trafficking
Goal FOUR: Employment and job creation
- Youth employment /building employability (Industrial learnerships and apprenticeships)
- Improving Women access to employment and guaranteeing equal pay for work of equal value
- Defending Vulnerable groups and people with disabilities in workplace and society as a whole
Goal FIVE: Trade union participation and representation of all social partners for effective Social Dialogue
- Inclusive BRICS = formalisation of trade union and social partners representation and participation in official BRICS structures.
Goal six: Democratic, ethical and responsive Governance (both public and private towards a new, transparent, accountable and inclusive international multilateral system)
- Ensuring good Corporate, environmental and Social behaviour of MNCs
- Ending Illicit financial flows and tax havens
- Promoting ethical, accountable and transparent forms of governance in society
For interviews please contact:
S’dumo Dlamini
COSATU President
079 496 7618
Dennis George
FEDUSA General Secretary
084 805 1529
Narius Moloto
NACTU General Secretary
082 924 5945
Issued by the BRICS TUF Substantive Committee
Bongani Masuku
079 496 7618
Frank Nxumalo
072 637 8096
Modupi Maile
064 759 7930