Press releases

2011

1. Lome: Seminar on productivity and productivity-based bargaining for workers

   25 November 2011

   The Bureau for Workers' Activities, together with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC-RENGO) held a seminar in Lomé, Togo, on 21-25 November 2011.

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   Economic Crisis and Austerity Measures: Interview with Luc Cortebeeck

   25 November 2011

   At the end of the 312th Session of the ILO Governing Body, the Chair of the Workers' group explains its position on the austerity measures planned in a number of countries. These steps will make workers even more vulnerable, at a time when they have already been hit by the crisis. He also talks about the ILO's international labour standards, which are seen as a response to the crisis...

3. Montevideo: Seminar on Multinational Enterprises

   23 November 2011

   Following a seminar held in Montevideo on 22-23 November 2011, trade unions of Latin America are committed to strengthen their cooperation on multinational enterprises at the confederal and sectoral levels.

4. Situation in Arab Countries: “The independence of the trade union movement is necessary …”, explains Walid Hamdan from ILO-ACTRAV

   30 October 2011

5. Palestine: A new ILO decent work strategy (2012-2014) will be launched in early 2012 for the occupied Palestinian territory.

   26 October 2011

6. Lima: Meeting of the Technical Working Group on Trade Union Reform

   26 October 2011

7. Asia and the Pacific: Bipartite Worker-Employer Workshop on Decent Work

   21 October 2011

8. Colombo: Sub Regional Seminar on Strengthening Union Capacity in order to Achieve Decent Work

   19 October 2011

9. Seminar in Jakarta on Trade Union Capacity Building

   14 October 2011

10. Johannesburg: 12th African Regional Meeting

    14 October 2011

11. Demonstration in Geneva to mark World Day for Decent Work

    07 October 2011

12. ACTRAV Symposium on Precarious Work

    07 October 2011

13. Precarious Work: the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) calls for an ILO Convention

    05 October 2011

14. Publication on Trade Unions and the Global Crisis

    04 October 2011

15. Precariousness in the World of Work: Director-General Juan Somavia calls for a Global Movement for Decent Work

    04 October 2011

16. ACTRAV's Director underlines the Challenges of Precarious Work

    04 October 2011

17. Handbook on Hazardous Child Labour Published

    01 October 2011

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    Combatting Precarity: International Symposium Organized by the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)

    30 September 2011

    One of the most important trends in recent decades is the rise of precarious employment.Direct consequences of the financial crisis, the austerity measures adopted by several countries, have reinforced this precarity for workers. Everywhere, a growing number of workers suffer from precarious working conditions which are uncertain and unpredictable and lack security.

19. Johannesburg: Adoption of a Strategy for Action and a Resolution in Africa on Multinational Enterprises.

    22 September 2011

20. Regional Meeting in Lima on Strengthening Tripartism and Social Dialogue

    02 September 2011