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2012
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CNBC World Wide Exchange
ILO Chief: US needs 10 million new jobs to get to pre-crisis levels
10 December 2012
In the US, three million jobs are needed just to replace the pre-crisis loss, and additional seven million will be needed to absorb the people coming into the job market, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said in a special CNBC World Wide Exchange. Such ambition is required to go along with a better job creation, added the ILO Chief concluding that we will see quite a lot of employment relocation, especially in the manufacturing sector and that countries like the US need to be ready to exploit new opportunities as they arise.
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NBC
Wage growth still far below pre-crisis level, warns the ILO
07 December 2012
The continuing crisis is having a negative impact in the labour market in a number of ways, and particularly on the evolution of wages according to the ILO's Global Wage Report 2012-13. US television network NBC reports that wages grew at a lower pace than labour productivity over a decade in the majority of countries for which data are available.
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BBC World Business Report
Falling labour share cause for concern, says ILO
07 December 2012
BBC World Business Report discusses the rebalancing of economic power between developed and developing nations and whether workers are getting a fair share of the profits as productivity rises in the global economy.
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Voice of America
There are still 215 million child labourers worldwide, the ILO estimates
27 November 2012
There is a growing sense that child labour is an intractable problem, perpetuated in part by the continued global economic downturn resulting in an increasing number of families mired in poverty. Over the past few years, the rate of reduction in child labour has slowed significantly which unfortunately contributes to the long term development challenges leaving countries unprepared and uncompetitive in the globalised marketplace. What can be done to enhance international efforts to eradicate child labor? The Voice of America interviews an ILO official, Kevin Cassidy (in New York) to explore the challenges and discuss effective strategies to put an end to child labour.
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CNN
Namibia: Youth unemployment rates at 59%, according to the ILO
09 November 2012
In Namibia, the overall unemployment rate is 38%, but those aged 20-24 suffer up to 59% unemployment. In a live interview with CNN, ILO Senior Economist, Theo Sparreboom, stressed the need to boost employment, through incentives to those industries that can generate a large number of jobs. It is necessary not only to expand the quantity of jobs, but guarantee the creation of decent jobs, concluded Sparreboom.
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CNN
Youth unemployment rates are not likely to come down, warns the ILO
12 October 2012
The staggeringly high number of unemployed young people in the EU as a result of the job crisis is not likely to come down any time soon, warns ILO's Senior Economist Ekkehard Ernst, in a live interview with CNN. Many young people are dropping out of the labour market or accepting much lower wages, that in the long run will have a negative impact on their career path. Unless governments keep young people in the labour market and put training guarantees in place we may face a lost generation of workers.
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CNN
ILO Head says G20 must act now to support demand that creates employment
11 October 2012
The situation in global economic conditions has deteriorated to such a degree that G20 countries should urgently make good on the commitments they made in Los Cabos to support demand to create employment, according to ILO Director General Guy Ryder. In an interview with John Defterios of CNN's Global Exchange, he went on to say that whatever differences prevent the financial system from delivering for the real economy, they have to be ironed out pretty quickly lest 3 million more jobs are lost worldwide.
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Euronews
ILO leader calls for a universal youth employment guarantee
14 September 2012
Nearly five million young people in the EU cannot find a job and in some of Eurozone countries, the youth unemployment rate exceeds 40 percent. In an interview with Euronews, Guy Ryder who takes over as Director General of the ILO in October, called for targeted plans to generate decent work and skills development for young people. According to ILO estimates, youth employment guarantee schemes can cost governments as little as 0.5 percent of their overall spending and would go a long way in avoiding a lost generation of workers.