Tag: Decent work
Mind the gap for a gender-equal future
Closing the gender pay gap and ensuring the principle of equal pay for work of equal value are essential steps toward achieving a gender-equal society. In our joint project, the NFS, the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES), and the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) have published a report on how to achie...
World Day for Decent Work
Decent Work for Young People in the Nordics
The global pandemic has had a negative effect on the labour market and on the most vulnerable, younger generation and people the f u rthest from employment, in particular .The next generations on the labour market will likely be met with unfair disadvanta...
Project: Workers’ Rights in the Baltics
Baltic cooperation is important to us, and not least our cooperation with the trade union confederations in the Baltic Sea states, given that the Nordic and Baltic labour markets often overlap. Together with the Baltic trade union confederations we carried out a project investigating the state of trade uni...
Growth and competitiveness
We view the Nordic Model as a central and necessary starting point for growth and competitiveness in the Nordic region. For us, this model is a prerequisite for building strong and well functioning welfare states. The Nordic Model has demonstrated that it is possible to successfully combine economic growt...
Decent Work and the 2030 Agenda
Decent work is an important principle underpinning our activities and something we must strive towards as a society, and the priorities for decent work coincide with those of the Nordic Model. Together with our affiliates, we prioritise and promote these issues, taking a broader perspective.
The concept...