All ILO Newsroom content
April 2013
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Occupational Safety and Health
Beating the Dust Disease in Thailand
28 April 2013
An estimate of 200,000 workers are at risk of developing pneumoconiosis in Thailand. ILO’s Senior Specialist in Occupational Safety and Health, Dr. Igor Fedotov says, “It would not be an exaggeration to say that millions are at risk around the world” and these cases are often being unreported. With the help of the ILO, however, the Thai Ministry of Health has increased the number of skilled doctors to treat and support workers diagnosed with the lung disease, making Thailand a leader among developing economies.
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World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Video message by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder
28 April 2013
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© Patricia de Melo Moreira / AFP 2013Economic crisis
Crisis shockwaves reverberate in European public sector
24 April 2013
The public sector in many European countries has been hit hard by the economic crisis, leading to big cuts in spending, jobs and wages. ILO Senior Economist, Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, analyses the impact on the public sector, of policy responses to the crisis.
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© ILO/Hoa Tran 2013World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Fighting a slow and invisible killer
23 April 2013
Rock quarries are among the most dangerous workplaces in Viet Nam. The International Labour Organization (ILO) is helping enhance self-inspection and training on occupational safety and health (OSH) to try to make work in the quarries healthier and safer.
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© S.D. McCourtie / World Bank 2013Spring Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Ryder warns that prospects for jobs recovery are receding
20 April 2013
In a statement to the IMFC in Washington, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder says international policy response efforts are not matching growing global concern over growth, job creation and poverty reduction.
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© Saad Akhtar / Flickr 2013Wage trends
Are wages around the world converging?
18 April 2013
As the world’s emerging economies change the dynamics of the global economy, Philippe Egger, Director of the ILO Bureau of Programming and Management, explores the challenges of comparing wages across countries.
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© KyleEJohnson / Flickr 2013From Chile
Indigenous communities take their place in the HIV battle
16 April 2013
The ILO and indigenous communities in Chile team up to battle discrimination and implement HIV guidelines in the transport sector.
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Arab Labour Conference
Ryder: Arab region must seize opportunity for reform
15 April 2013
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, highlighted the need for strengthened social dialogue, social protection measures and efforts to tackle youth unemployment in Arab countries, at the opening of the Arab Labour Conference in Algeria.
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Banking crisis
Financial cooperatives: A safe bet in a crisis
12 April 2013
A new ILO book says that financial cooperatives fared better than the big investor-owned banks during the economic crisis.
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Interviews
The ILO: The employers' and workers' views
10 April 2013
Daniel Funes de Rioja and Luc Cortebeeck, respectively Employers' and Workers' spokespersons at the ILO's Governing Body, discuss the role of the ILO against the backdrop of a persisting global jobs crisis.