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Since 2008 the ITUC has been organising the World Day for Decent Work (WDDW) on 7 October. This is a day for mobilisation all over the world: one day when all the trade unions in the world stand up for decent work. Decent work must be at the centre of government actions to bring back economic growth and build a new global economy that puts people first.

No action is too big or too small for the World Day for Decent Work. Go to the WDDW website and sign up your action: whether be it a round table discussion, a huge demonstration, a protest letter, a flash mob action or something completely different.

This year the WDDW will concentrate on precarious work. Typically, precarious employment refers to non-permanent, temporary, casual, insecure and contingent forms of work.

From a workers’ point of view, precarious work is related to uncertain, unpredictable and risky employment. Workers in these jobs are not, or only partially, covered by labour laws and social security protection. They encounter difficulties either in law or in practice to join or form a trade union. Female precarious workers are likely to be excluded from pregnancy protection and maternity leave provisions, as well as other important forms of social protection.

Start planning now for your actions in October this year; your organisation’s support is important, and you have the chance to join millions around the world in a united mobilisation for change.

Here you can find the actions of the previous years:
2010.wddw.org
2009.wddw.org
2008.wddw.org