Red card to child labour campaign engages Indonesian youth
The Indonesian Palm Oil Sector Workers’ Union Network (JAPBUSI), alongside labor unions, employers, and the government, attended the commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour, an event initiated by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Jakarta. The event was officially opened by the ILO Director for Indonesia and Timor-Leste, Simrin Singh, at the open area […]
On the ILO CAS Conclusions and Recommendations re: Convention 98
KMU affirms the ILO CAS’s conclusion: that all violations of workers’ freedom of association and collective bargaining rights lie in the Marcos government’s policy framework first, and in its implementation second. This anti-worker, anti-union framework exists because it is useful – useful to capitalists who profit from cheap labor, from workers too precarious to organize, […]
Blood in the Cane Fields: The Toboso Massacre and the State’s War on Negros Organizers
Errol Wendel arrived in Negros with a notebook. A researcher for the Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura, he had come to document the tiempo muerto – the dead season, when the sugarcane harvest ends and hunger moves into the homes of farmworkers across the island. He was counting empty plates, not carrying weapons. On April 19, […]
KMU Chair Adonis Leads Philippine Delegation to 2026 ILC; Philippines Back on Shortlist for Trade Union Rights Violations
Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) Chairperson Jerome Adonis is leading the Philippine workers’ delegation to the 114th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland. KMU asserted that the Philippines’ return to the shortlist of countries cited by the Committee on the Application of Standards for violations of trade union rights is itself proof […]
Women workers, unite against war and exploitation!
Joanne Cesario, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law, and DevelopmentInternational Labour Conference 2026 Distinguished delegates, women workers of the world, Today, we speak from a region burdened by war, crisis, and deepening exploitation. Across Asia and the Pacific, women workers bear the heaviest costs of an economic order built on violence and inequality. Wars and […]
The 114th ILC Decent Work Committee and Economic Platform Successfully Concluded
Geneva – ACVi Asia Regional Coordinator Maria Emenita, a delegate from the All-Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSBSI) at the 114th International Labor Conference (ILC 2026) in Geneva, Switzerland, stated that at approximately 1:30 p.m. Geneva time on Thursday (June 11, 2026), the committee on decent work and economic platforms at the 114th ILC had finally […]
KSBSI Welcomes Adoption of ILO Convention No. 193 on Decent Work and the Platform Economy
JAKARTA – All Indonesian Trade Unions Confederation (KSBSI) welcomes and appreciates the adoption of ILO Convention No. 193 on Decent Work in the Platform Economy by the International Labour Conference. This is an important milestone for millions of digital platform workers worldwide, including online transportation drivers, couriers, care workers, and various other digital workers. While […]
GEFONT and NTUC Nepal Become an ACV partner today
Although the ACV-CSC Asia program is not scheduled to launch until 2027, the process of establishing the partnership began several months ago—specifically in March—during a visit by Jeroen Roskams and Maria Emeninta. Their visit aimed to assist in drafting the 2027–2031 five-year program for two Nepalese trade unions: GEFONT (led by President Binod Shrestha, General […]
The 14th ILC Session Officially Opens at ILO Headquarters in Geneva
The 114th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) will take place from June 1 to 12, 2026, at the International Labour Organization (ILO) Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. This annual event brings together thousands of tripartite delegates (governments, workers, and employers) from 187 countries to formulate global labor policies and standards. The 114th ILC’s Main […]
Ahead of the 114th ILC, KSBSI and ACVI Asia Hold Discussion on Platform Economy
JAKARTA – The All-Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSBSI), in collaboration with ACV International Asia, held a discussion with the theme “ILC Agenda: Standard Setting Platform Economy,” held in Jakarta on Monday (May 18, 2026). Participants in the discussion were 40 representatives from Indonesian trade unions who will be attending the 114th ILC in Geneva, Switzerland. […]
