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'Decent Work' and 'Co-operatives' have common values

According to ILO, 'decent work is productive work for men and women in conditions of freedom, equality, security and human dignity'. Employment creation, social protection, social dialogue, and workers rights are the pillars on which decent work is built. Interestingly, according to the International Co-operative Alliance's statement of cooperative identity, co-operatives are based on values and principles of 'self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity'. As can be seen therefore, co-operatives and decent work share the same values. This very fact makes cooperatives the natural domicile for decent work. Consequently, it is genuine cooperatives that can promote decent work.

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Posted: 17 July 2000