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ODM Leadership

Labour Relations and Workers' Rights

Championing workers' dignity, fair wages, and harmonious industrial relations for Kenya's prosperity

Workers at the Center

ODM believes that workers are the backbone of Kenya's economy. Our labor policies prioritize worker dignity, fair compensation, and safe working conditions while promoting productive partnerships between labor and capital.

We advocate for industrial relations that balance worker rights with economic growth, ensuring that Kenya's development benefits both businesses and the workers who drive productivity and innovation.

2.5M

Workers benefiting from ODM labor policies

KSh 15,000

Minimum wage increase advocated

85%

Reduction in workplace accidents through safety programs

500+

Trade unions strengthened and supported

Labor Policy Framework

Comprehensive policies that protect workers while promoting sustainable economic growth and competitiveness

Worker Rights Protection

Strengthening labor laws and enforcement mechanisms to protect workers from exploitation and ensure fair treatment.

Fair Wage Standards

Implementing living wage policies that ensure all workers earn enough to support dignified living standards.

Social Security Expansion

Expanding social protection systems including healthcare, retirement, and unemployment benefits for all workers.

Skills Development

Investing in technical and vocational training to enhance worker productivity and employability.

Industrial Relations

Promoting harmonious labor-management relations through dialogue, collective bargaining, and dispute resolution.

Decent Work Creation

Promoting job creation that provides fair income, security, and social protection in safe working conditions.

Fundamental Workers' Rights

Core labor rights that every Kenyan worker deserves, forming the foundation of our industrial relations policy

Right to Organize

Freedom of association and collective bargaining for all workers

Strengthening

Safe Working Conditions

Occupational health and safety standards in all workplaces

Expanding

Equal Pay

Equal remuneration for work of equal value regardless of gender

Implementing

Social Protection

Universal access to healthcare, pensions, and unemployment benefits

Expanding

Economic Democracy

True democracy extends beyond politics to the workplace. ODM advocates for economic democracy where workers have a voice in decisions that affect their livelihoods and workplace conditions.

Through worker participation in management, profit-sharing schemes, and cooperative enterprises, we're building an economy that works for everyone, not just capital owners.

Worker Cooperatives

Supporting the formation of worker-owned enterprises that democratize economic ownership

Profit Sharing

Promoting policies that ensure workers share in the profits they help create

Worker Representatives

Mandating worker representation on company boards and management committees

Skills for the Future

Preparing Kenya's workforce for the economy of tomorrow through comprehensive skills development programs

Technical & Vocational Education

Expanding TVET institutions and programs to provide practical skills that meet industry demands and create pathways to decent employment.

  • Modern TVET facilities and equipment
  • Industry-aligned curricula
  • Apprenticeship and internship programs
  • Certification and accreditation systems

Digital Skills Training

Preparing workers for the digital economy through coding, digital literacy, and technology skills training programs accessible to all.

  • Basic digital literacy programs
  • Advanced coding and programming
  • E-commerce and digital marketing
  • Technology entrepreneurship

Stand With Workers

Workers' rights are human rights. Join ODM in advocating for fair wages, safe working conditions, and economic justice for all Kenyan workers.