Press releases

December 2012

1. ILO to launch “Global Employment Trends for Women”

   07 December 2012

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to launch a report analysing the gender gaps in global labour markets.

2. 

   ILO Director-General to visit Thailand

   07 December 2012

   The Director-General of the ILO, Mr Guy Ryder, is to visit Thailand from Thursday 13 December to Sunday 16 December. The trip will be Mr Ryder’s first visit to Asia since he took up the post of Director-General on 1 October 2012.

3. 

   Guy Ryder: "ILO and EU have a shared responsibility of realizing decent work for all"

   06 December 2012

   For the 10th time in a row, and in the presence of the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder, the ILO and the European Commission held their annual high-level meeting defining the focus of their cooperation for the next year. At this meeting, Guy Ryder honored the historical partnership between both institutions and looked at the common challenges in the face of the global crisis.

4. 

   The governance of policy reform in Ireland: Social dialogue actors and institutions in times of economic downturn and austerity

   05 December 2012

   The Industrial and Employment Relations Department and the Policy Integration Department of the International Labour Office (ILO, Geneva), together with the ILO International Training Centre (ITC, Turin), are organizing on December 7, 2012 in Dublin-Ireland a national tripartite seminar on the governance of policy reform in Ireland: social dialogue actors and institutions in times of economic downturn and austerity.

November 2012

1. 

   ILO to launch 2012/13 edition of Global Wage Report

   30 November 2012

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) is to launch its new report on the state of wages around the world.

2. 

   Cher, Jada Pinkett Smith and other Hollywood artists team up with the ILO to end slavery

   30 November 2012

   Top artists, activists and sports personalities from around the world join the ILO in a global awareness-raising campaign to fight slavery.

3. 

   Heads of UN agencies launch “Getting to Zero at Work” campaign

   29 November 2012

   The campaign aims to promote ILO Recommendation 200 concerning HIV and AIDS and the World of Work, 2010.

4. Factory fire in Ashulia: ILO urges safety measures

   27 November 2012

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) is greatly shocked and saddened by the tragic incident of fire in a garment factory at Ashulia adjacent to Dhaka on 24 November 2012 that resulted in the unfortunate deaths of more than 100 workers. The ILO extends its sincere condolences to the bereaved families of the victims and conveys its sympathy to those injured due to the fire.

5. 

   Palestinians in Lebanon working but under precarious conditions

   20 November 2012

   Restrictions on the Palestinian right to work lead to exploitative conditions but do not shut them out of the labour market, says ILO-CEP-EU study.

6. 

   ILO Governing Body considers bleak economic outlook, calls for focus on jobs and dialogue

   16 November 2012

   The global jobs gap will widen as the world’s economy worsens, says ILO’s Governing Body, as it ends its Autumn session.