National Trades Union Congress (NTUC)’s Changing Role in Shaping Singapore’s Evolving Work Compact

Abstract

This paper provides insights on the key challenges tripartism will face as Singapore’s developmental context and social compact around work evolve. Specifically, it examines how NTUC’s role has evolved to address key challenges, especially during the pandemic. In doing so, it seeks to outline NTUC’s forward response of social dialogue towards longer term socioeconomic, demographic and other disruptive trends Singapore faces, including rapid technological change, skills obsolescence, workforce fragmentation and an ageing population, inviting individual stakeholders and partners to partake in consultation and policy co-creation for the future.