Decent work is not just a goal—it is a human right, and it is a right worth defending and fighting for. On this World Day for Decent Work, let us renew our commitment to this fight. Let us work together to build a world where every worker, no matter where they are, can live and work with dignity, respect, and fairness. A world where decent work must not be the exception, but the rule.

We recognise that by organising young workers into trade unions, we can build a stronger, more inclusive labour movement that safeguards the future of democracy.

The 5th ITUC-Asia Pacific Regional Conference adopted 16 resolutions during its general assembly in Bangkok, Thailand on 20-22 November 2023.

The 5th ITUC-Asia Pacific Regional Conference, which took place in Bangkok, Thailand, on 20-22 November 2023, unanimously adopted the Conference Thematic Paper as Action Programme 2023-2027 in response to multiple threats from recent global trends, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and digital technology as well as the decline of democracy.

This paper highlights good practices and lessons learned in building the new generation of youth and women union leaders.

The L20 Statement to the G20 Rome Summit, 30-31 October 2021, outlines the workers' demands on delivering prosperity for people and protecting the planet.

This comprehensive training manual is designed for trainers and/or facilitators who are delivering face-to-face training. The trainers/facilitators may be Women and Youth Representatives (WYRs) or union member/non-member trainers and facilitators.

This Trainer Resource Pack is designed to be used alongside The Way2Go Women and Youth Together for Leadership Training Manual.

The #EndChildLabour poster competition is open to all individuals aged 18-34 years old (as of 12 June 2021). The submissions must illustrate, interpret, and promote the topic “Eliminating Child Labour in Asia and the Pacific Region” and must be submitted by 7 June 2021.

In this special edition, the WaY2Go Newsletter delves more deeply into the issues and strategies of women and youth representatives, especially in the face of the COVID-19 challenges.

The fourth issue of the WaY2Go Newsletter continues to follow the leadership journey of women and young trade unionists.

Progress is being made by the women and young trade unionists. The third issue of the WaY2Go Newsletter documents the project achievements thus far.

This document contains ITUC-AP’s Action Programme from 2019-2023. It enumerates clear and present challenges that labour unions are facing such as the lack of labour governance, shrinking democracy for workers with restrictions on freedom of association, and the deregulation of corporate behavior of all substance, especially when it comes to labour.

The second issue of the WaY2Go Newsletter features the voices and the stories of trade union leaders on strengthening women and youth leadership.

This first issue of the the Way2Go newsletter celebrates the great start of the ITUC-Asia Pacific/DGB BW project.

In this resolution, the 3rd ITUC-AP Regional Conference welcomes that the youth trade union movement in the region showed steady and substantial progress for the past four years. It reaffirms the fact that the youth are keys to the future advancement of the trade union movement, promotion of just development, and realization of a stable and inclusive society.

In this resolution, the 3rd ITUC-AP Regional Conference reiterates that child labour is an important workplace issue which trade unions have a responsibility to tackle as a matter of principle of solidarity and social justice; as child labour violates children’s rights, trade unions are firmly committed to outright opposition to the exploitation of children at the workplace and other places. The Conference also welcomes global action that has significantly reduced cases of child labor, with trade unions and affiliates playing a pivotal role.

This document contains all 24 resolutions of the 3rd ITUC-Asia Pacific Regional Conference with the slogan “Organising, Unity - The Way Forward, Building Workers’ Power”.

The ITUC-AP Youth Committee gave an oral report on the Proposed Changes to the ToR set out in the annexure in Resolution 3 of the 10th ITUC-AP General Council Meeting in Manila. The proposed changes called for harmonization and specification of the rules, procedures, and practice for membership in, nomination to, and election of representatives in the ITUC Constitutional Bodies and the ITUC Youth Committee.

In this resolution, the Conference recognises that the number of child labour globally declined form 222 million to 215 million, or 3% over the period of 2004 to 2008. In Asia and the Pacific region, there are still 122 million child labourers (5-14 years), of whom 100 million are girls. In the informal economy, child labour is widely visible. Organising informal economy to empower the working poor should be one of the most effective ways to reduce child labour - bringing children from workplace to school.

In this resolution, the ITUC-AP Conference recognises that youth are an important segment of the workforce. Despite this, opportunities and access for free and/or affordable and quality education and training are not always available for youth. All young people in the AP region share common problems such as scarcity of decent job opportunity, high unemployment rate, lack of education and skill training, and so on.