The Labour 20 – L20 is an integral part of the G-20 and represents the interests of workers at the G20 level. The forum tries to bring together trade unionists from the G-20 countries representing 66% of the population and around 75% of Global GDP to discuss the issues concerning the working people and population in general that transcend borders. This year with the Republic of India as the official host for G-20. Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, India’s largest Trade Union has been appointed chair to host the L-20.</P> <P style="text-align: justify;">Since the outbreak of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, the L20 has actively engaged with the inter-governmental processes in and around G-20 in order to ensure a better, more equal, just and sustainable world. Constructive dialogue with governments has been the key element towards achievement of goals desired. Over time the L-20 has tried to connect with other engagement groups, specially the Business-20 of which workers form an essential component.
The Labour 20 – L20 is an integral part of the G-20 and represents the interests of workers at the G20 level. The forum tries to bring together trade unionists from the G-20 countries representing 66% of the population and around 75% of Global GDP to discuss the issues concerning the working people and population in general that transcend borders. This year with the Republic of India as the official host for G-20, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, India’s largest Trade Union has been appointed chair to host the L-20.</P> <P>Since the outbreak of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, the L20 has actively engaged with the inter-governmental processes in and around G-20 in order to ensure a better, more equal, just and sustainable world. Constructive dialogue with governments has been the key element towards achievement of goals desired. Over time the L-20 has tried to connect with other engagement groups, specially the Business-20 of which workers form an essential component.
Issue 1: Universal Social Security</STRONG></H4> <P style="text-align: justify;">The growing diversification of employment and work arrangements has implications for access to adequate social protection. The phenomenon is compounded by the emergence of new forms of work, automation and globalization. It is well known that there has been a lot of diversification of work resulting in major changes in the labour market. The global supply chains connect industries and workers throughout the globe, new technologies have been transform the work organisations, leading to the emergence of new forms of work which were unheard of a few decades ago. Such changes in work dynamics has over the period resulted in greater informality of work, thereby resulting in lower levels of protection. Today, many countries are still facing significant challenges in making the human right to social security a reality for all. As of 2020, only 46.9 per cent of the global population were effectively covered by at least one social protection benefit1 (Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 1.3.1), while the remaining 53.1 per cent – as many as 4.1 billion people – were left wholly unprotected. Behind this global average, there are significant inequalities across and within regions, which call for adequate and adapted policy responses
