Social dialogue at 50: Lessons for the future
The Future of Work Podcast · 2026-06-05
Episode notes
In 1976, Convention No. 144 established a simple but powerful principle: governments, employers and workers should shape labour policy together. To mark the Convention's 50th anniversary, representatives of governments, employers and workers, alongside the European Union, reflect on what social dialogue has achieved and whether it can continue to help shape the future of work. Podcast guests: Michele Cervone D'Urso, EU Ambassador & Deputy Head of Delegation to the UN in Geneva Omar Faruk Osman, General Secretary of the Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU) Emma Hippolyte, Minister of Equity, Labour, Gender and Elderly Affairs of Saint Lucia Ulan Tazhibayev, Advisor to The Chairman of the Presidium of the National Confederation of Employers of Kazakhstan “PARYZ"