What is TUAC?

The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the OECD is an interface for labour unions with the OECD. It is an international trade union organisation which has consultative status with the OECD and its various committees.

TUAC was founded in 1948 as a trade union advisory committee for the European Recovery Programme - the Marshall Plan. Through regular consultations with various OECD committees, the OECD secretariat and member governments, TUAC coordinates and represents the views of the trade union movement in the industrialized countries and ensures that global markets are balanced by an effective social dimension. It is also responsible for coordinating the trade union input to the annual G8 economic summits and employment conferences.

TUAC's affiliates consist of over 56 national trade union centers in the 30 OECD industrialized countries which together represent some 70 million workers.

TUAC is part of the institutional set-up of the OECD Guidelines together with the National Contact Points (NCPs), the Investment Committee and BIAC. If there is a dispute about the applicability of the Guidelines, TUAC may ask the Investment Committee to consider an amendment to the text or a clarification of a particular clause.

Link to website:
www.tuac.org

TUAC Documents:

A Users' Guide for Trade Unionists to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
also availabe in french and spanish

TUAC list of cases raised with National Contact Points

Developing the use of the OECD Guidelines for MNEs by EWCs, TUAC Project Description

Raising awareness of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Corporate Social Responsibility issues in developing countries, Final Report

TUAC Working Paper on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises for the OECD Annual Meeting of National Contact Points