Feature articles

November 2005 

• "Rebuilding a community will take more than bricks and mortar" How the ILO helps Pakistan earthquake survivors to find work and income
  17 November 2005 - One month after the earthquake that killed or injured more than 140,000 people in Pakistan and cost over 1.1 million jobs and livelihoods, the ILO is working hand-in-hand with local authorities to help people in some of the worst-affected areas rebuild their lives. ...
• Digital tachographs and Optalert: Managing fatigue in road transport
  08 November 2005 - We live in a world where goods and services are expected to be available when and where the customer wants them. While most of the time these expectations are met, they also come at a cost. One of these costs is human fatigue, now recognized as being the main cause of accidents in the transport industry worldwide. ...
• Managing labour migration: Turkey and the European Union
  04 November 2005 - ANKARA (ILO Online) - Labour migration from Turkey to the member States of the European Union (EU) is one of the main issues in the long-delayed talks between the Turkish government and the EU that started on 3 October. ...

October 2005 

• Organizing out of poverty: the role of trade unions
  28 October 2005 - International Day for Poverty Eradication on 17 October also marked the opening, in Geneva, of an International Workers' Symposium on Trade Unions' Role in a Globalized Economy and the Fight Against Poverty. ...
• "Enterprise for Health": making the world of work safer and healthier
  27 October 2005 - Enterprise for Health (EfH) is a European Network under the chair of Professor Dr. Rita Süssmuth, jointly established by the Bertelsmann Foundation and the National Federation of Enterprise Sickness Funds in Germany. EfH was set up in 2000 to promote the exchange of information and experience among enterprises. ...
• New trade regime in textiles and clothing How Cambodian factories improved their image
  26 October 2005 - With the end of the global textile quota system last year, the textiles and clothing (TC) sector has been experiencing another global revolution. While many observers saw the lifting of restrictions as a potential catastrophe for the domestic textile and clothing industry in a number of countries, the overall picture is more contrasted than expected. ...
• Socially sensitive enterprise restructuring: swimming together or sinking separately
  12 October 2005 - How can an enterprise restructure with maximum economic benefits and minimum costs to workers and society? It is often believed that downsizing has a positive impact on the performance of the company and the so-called "survivors". According to a new ILO publication, this is not always true in practice. ...
• Bulgaria: helping businesses to enter the formal economy
  04 October 2005 - GENEVA (ILO Online) - In 2003, a new regulation was introduced in Bulgaria, whereby it became compulsory for employers to register all labour contracts. In addition, as many employers and enterprises are unaware about the new regulations, there is a strong need now to inform them on how to conform with the new system. ...

September 2005 

• XVIIth World Congress on Occupational Safety and Health Decent work is safe work
  27 September 2005 - ORLANDO (ILO Online) - All too often lives are shattered unnecessarily because of poor working conditions and inadequate safety systems. According to a new ILO report, the number of work-related deaths per year has risen to 2.2 million, a figure that is probably vastly under-reported. ...
• After the tsunami "I want to have a good job" - preparing young people in Aceh for a better future
  26 September 2005 - Last year's disastrous Indian Ocean earthquake and tidal wave had long term consequences for tens of thousands of junior and senior high school students in the Indonesian province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD). Devastated school buildings and the lack of teaching personnel deprived the students of educational opportunities, with some 20,000 ultimately failing national exams. ...