International Labour Conference: Human at the Center of Technological Progress Main News
On June 1, the 114th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) began its work in Geneva.
Delegations fr om 187 ILO member states gathered in Switzerland to participate in the event. The conference includes the heads of GCTU member organizations including national trade union centers of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Russia.
The three venues of the Geneva International Conference Centre, the Palais des Nations, and the ILO headquarters gathered delegates discussing issues critical to the global community: decent work in the platform economy, respect for rights, ensuring equality and inclusion, and, in a broader sense, social justice in the context of the spread of artificial intelligence (AI).
On the first day of the 114th ILC session, ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo presented the report "A Moment of Choice: Using Artificial Intelligence for Decent Work." The study focuses on AI, which enhances productivity, opens up prospects for workers and businesses, but also raises concerns that its implementation could make work an exception rather than the rule.
"Technological progress is not an insurmountable force. Political decisions, institutions, and governance matter. By uniting governments, employers, and workers, we can promote a human-centered approach to artificial intelligence, wh ere people remain at the heart of the era of technological progress," Gilbert Houngbo believes.
The report is published on the organization's website and will be discussed during plenary sessions. One of the speakers will be Margarita Usova, Deputy General Secretary of the GCTU.
The 114th session of the International Labour Conference will conclude on June 12. Earlier, the GCTU delegation presented the position of the CIS countries' trade unions at the V Eurasian Economic Forum in Astana. The theme of the forum was also artificial intelligence and the place of the EAEU in the global digital race.
GCTU News
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Viktor Pinsky: "The meeting of the General Confederation of Trade Unions Council in Dushanbe is a landmark event for the entire trade union movement of the Commonwealth of Independent States"
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, July 1, 2026 – Viktor Pinsky, Chairman of the Commission of the Russian State Duma on Regulations and Organisation of State Duma Activities and General Secretary of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU), called the meeting of the GCTU Council, held on July 1 in Dushanbe, a landmark event for the trade unions of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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Viktor Pinsky Met with Deputies of the Parliament of Tajikistan
June 30, Dushanbe, Tajikistan – The work on developing model labor legislation within the CIS format was discussed during a meeting between Viktor Pinsky, Chairman of the Commission of the Russian State Duma on Regulations and Organisation of State Duma Activities and General Secretary of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU), and Makhmadshokh Gulzoda, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, Public Associations, and Information of the Majlisi Namoyandagon Majlisi Oli of the Republic of Tajikistan. The meeting, held today in Dushanbe at the Parliament of Tajikistan, was also attended by other deputies of the Tajik Parliament: Orip Amirsoda, Chairman of the Environmental Commission; Naima Solizoda, member of the Commission on Deputy Ethics; Karakhon Chillazoda, Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Tajikistan; and Margarita Usova, Deputy General Secretary of the GCTU.
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Viktor Pinsky met with the Deputy Minister of Labor of Tajikistan
June 30, Dushanbe, Tajikistan - The gradual formation of a common labour market and the regulation of labour migration among the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States were the main topics of a meeting between the Chair of the Commission on Rules and Maintenance of Activity of the State Duma, and the General Secretary of the General Confederation of Trade Unions (GCTU), and Sharif Norzoda, Deputy Minister of Labour, Migration and Employment of the Republic of Tajikistan.