News on ILO's work

June 2013

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   ILO and EU-Presidency welcome moves to ensure decent work for domestic workers

   18 June 2013

   Labour and social affair ministers from ten countries, the President of the EU Council, Richard Bruton, EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, László Andor, and ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, discuss ways to support ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers.

February 2013

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   ILO at European Employment Committee meeting with social partners on wage developments

   05 February 2013

   The European Employment Committee (EMCO) organized on 1 February 2013 an extra-ordinary meeting with EU- and national social partners on wages developments. The EMCO chair invited the ILO to contribute to the discussion.

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.