Video interviews

July 2012

Employment far from recovery in the Eurozone, warns the ILO

10 July 2012

An ILO report warns that millions of jobs could be lost in the Eurozone. Unemployment in the single-currency area could reach almost 22 million over the next four years, according to the "Eurozone jobs crisis: trends and policy responses". ILO TV interviewed Vincenzo Spiezia, Senior Economist at ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies, which authored the report.

June 2012

The impact of public sector adjustments in Europe

28 June 2012

Fuelled by the economic crisis, budget deficits have plunged the public sector in Europe into an unprecedented wave of ‘adjustments’, leading to significant cuts in expenditure, jobs and wages. Interview with Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, author of a new ILO study* on Public Sector Adjustments in Europe – Scope, Effects and Policy Issues
ILO Director-General Elect Guy Ryder about the next priorities of the ILO

25 June 2012

The UN Regional Information Centre interviewed Guy Ryder, Director-General Elect of the International Labour Organization (ILO), about the next priorities of the ILO. Guy Ryder stressed the urgent need for the Organization to play its role in constructing effective responses to the current jobs crisis, and to ensure that the social protection floor become a real vehicle for providing people with the most basic protection in their work lives.
ILO Director-General Elect Guy Ryder about the ILO-EU partnership

25 June 2012

"The ILO and the EU have an essential partnership", says Guy Ryder in an interview with the UN Regional Information Centre in Brussels. Emphasizing the historical aspects of the cooperation of the ILO and the EU, he also considers tomorrow's challenges for both the ILO and the EU. "We will have to work together to find answers to questions at the practical level, like the youth employment crisis that is hitting Europe particularly hard", Ryder says. "Tackling these issues can be done at EU-wide and at national levels", he concludes.
RIO+20: On the scene with the ILO

18 June 2012

An interview with Peter Poschen, Director of the ILO's Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department, and Head of the Green Jobs Programme
G20 Los Cabos: First Impressions from an ILO perspective

18 June 2012

ILO's Stephen Pursey sets the scene at the G20 Leaders Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico where ILO Director General Juan Somavia will present a joint report along with the heads of the OECD, IMF and World Bank on "Boosting Jobs and Living Standards in G20 countries".
The International Labour Conference launches a new Call for Action to tackle the Youth Employment Crisis

14 June 2012

The unprecedented youth employment crisis, aggravated by the global financial crisis, has created a renewed sense of urgency for action. The newly adopted resolution by the ILO annual Conference 'The youth employment crisis : A call for action' proposes vigorous action around a menu of policy options to respond to the challenges faced by young people today around the world.
Watch highlights from the ILC session in which the resolution was adopted and interviews with Emalene Marcus-Burnett (Rapporteur of the 2012 International Labour Conference Committee on Youth Employment) and Azita Berar-Awad (Director of the ILO Employment Policy Department).
Changes in Myanmar – the Minister's perspective

11 June 2012

Myanmar's Union Minister at the Ministry of Labour, Aung Kyi, gives his thoughts on the way his country's reform process has moved so far, how the relationship with the ILO has evolved, and what the next steps might be.
Changes in Myanmar: A workers' perspective

11 June 2012

Among the recent changes in Myanmar has been new legislation allowing for the formation of workers’ organizations. Among the first group of 15 to be registered was the Basic Labour Organization of the Aung Tile Factory, set up by Thant Zin Oo, Workers’ Delegate from Myanmar. He explains why he decided to form this new workers’ organization.
Changes in Myanmar: An employers' perspective

11 June 2012

Khine Khine Nwe, Myanmar Employers’ delegate and Secretary, Basic Employers Organization of the Garment Factory, Shwe Pyi Thar Industrial Zone, gives her reaction to the changes in her country and explains how she wants the international community to respond.