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June 2012

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   Article

   A green plumber for a greener economy

   21 June 2012

   The transition towards a greener economy is expected to affect about half of the global labour force or roughly 1.5 billion people. This means changes in terms of job types and workers’ skills – a topic that is high on the Rio+20 agenda.

March 2010

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   Video

   Update on the Global Jobs Pact and Australia: An Interview with Peter Anderson

   30 March 2010

   ILO TV interviews Peter Anderson, Chief Executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

January 2010

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   Article

   Questions and answers on jobs recovery and the development of decent work for people in the Pacific Islands

   11 January 2010

   In February 2010, at Port Vila, Vanuatu, Labour Ministers, Senior Labour officials and representatives of worker and employer organizations from all eight countries – Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu – as well as Australia and New Zealand – took part in the first high-level gathering of its kind. After two days of rich debate a tripartite accord was adopted – The Port Vila Statement on Decent Work and the Pacific Action Plan for Decent Work. ILO Online spoke to Ms. Sachiko Yamamoto, the ILO’s Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific about the accord and development plans in the Pacific.

December 2009

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   Video

   Flexible Working Arrangements Help Australia Maintain Employment During Economic Crisis

   01 December 2009

   "We need to maintain medium and long-term thinking, even though we have a short-term crisis, and that means trying to sustain employment and the skills base of our economy even though demand has dropped off," said Peter Anderson, Chief Executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in an interview with ILO TV about the Global Jobs Pact and the Australian labour market.

August 2008

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   Executive summary:Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

   10 August 2008

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   Promotional Flyer:Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

   10 August 2008