All ILO Newsroom content

January 2013

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   Safety at work

   Turning computer junk into jobs

   18 January 2013

   Vast amounts of electrical and electronic waste end up in developing countries where the recycling methods are often hazardous. Integrating informal e-waste operations into the formal sector can help make the process safer, according to an ILO study titled "The global impact of e-waste".

June 2012

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   News item

   Mexico: A labour market overview

   29 June 2012

   As Mexicans go to the polls on Sunday to choose a new president and legislature, the ILO presents a snapshot of the employment situation based on the May edition of "The Labour Situation in Latin America"*.

June 2011

1. News item

   Coalition of Immokalee Workers

   15 June 2011

   The CIW's Anti-Slavery Campaign is a worker-based approach to eliminating modern-day slavery in the agricultural industry. The CIW helps fight this crime by uncovering, investigating, and assisting in the federal prosecution of slavery rings preying on hundreds of farmworkers.

June 2010

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   Social dialogue

   Mexico presents successful social dialogue project at the International Labour Conference

   15 June 2010

   The Secretary of Labour and Social Welfare of Mexico, Javier Lozano, presented at the 99th International Labour Conference in Geneva "a successful program" to modernize work in the sugar cane industry, and stressed the importance of an effective social dialogue to face the challenge of productivity.