News on ILO's work

September 2012

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   "Immediate and urgent change of policy needed", says Guy Ryder, Director-General elect of the ILO

   07 September 2012

   Assessing the employment situation in the EU at the European Commission’s Jobs for Europe conference on 6 and 7 September 2012, the ILO Director-General elect Guy Ryder said that the "drama of the European unemployment crisis" shows the need for a new policy approach. There is evidence "that the currently predominant mix of austerity and structural reforms is unacceptable and has produced negative results", he pointed out.

August 2012

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   ILO at the 'Jobs for Europe' conference

   31 August 2012

   The European Commission organized on 6 and 7 September 2012 a major employment policy conference in Brussels. The ILO Director General elect called for an "immediate and urgent change of policy in the EU"