Decent work Decent life campaign

Half of the world’s workforce earns less than $US2 a day. 12.3 million women and men work in slavery. 200 million children under the age of 15 work instead of going to school. 2.2 million people die due to work-related accidents and diseases every year. Add to this massive global unemployment, the lack of social protection for the majority of workers employed in the “informal economy”, and the violation of trade union rights and the consequences of the lack of decent work are clear.

The Decent Work, Decent Life campaign aims to:

Build awareness of Decent Work amongst the general population, decision-makers, governments and international institutions, ensuring that they understand what decent work is and appreciate its role in delivering sustainable development in both developed and developing countries;
Fundamentally shift the policy landscape so that decision makers and opinion formers consider Decent Work a central consideration in national and international development, as well as in economic, trade, financial and social policies; and
Show that Decent Work is the only sustainable way out of poverty and is fundamental to building democracy and social cohesion in all societies.

The Decent Work, Decent Life campaign is led by the International Trade Union Confederation, Solidar, the Global Progressive Forum, Social Alert International and the European Trade Union Confederation.

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