All ILO Newsroom content

April 2012

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   Video interview

   World of Work Report 2012: Interview with the authors of the report

   27 April 2012

   ILO TV interviews Marva Corley and Steven Tobin, Senior Economists at the International Institute for Labour Studies on the effect austerity measures and reduced public investment had on a deteriorated job market. In contrast, some countries implemented policies to successfully generate jobs and improve the quality of employment.

June 2011

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   Video

   Video Highlights of the High-level Panel organized with Club de Madrid on "The Need for a New Era of Social Justice"

   15 June 2011

June 2010

1. Crisis response

   Recovering from the crisis – A Chinese experience

   07 June 2010

   Join us for a panel discussion: 10 June, 14:00-15:00, Room IX, ILO Geneva

July 2009

1. News item

   Antislavery International

   14 July 2009

   Anti-Slavery International, founded in 1839, is the world's oldest international human rights organisation and the only charity in the United Kingdom to work exclusively against slavery and related abuses.

July 2008

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   Video

   Protecting Maternity in Cambodia’s Textile Factories

   14 July 2008

   Many women in Cambodia risk losing their jobs when they become pregnant. But most textile factories monitored by the ILO’s Better Factories Cambodia programme now offer maternity protection to their employees. For Ros Kimsreng, she now has the opportunity of keeping a good job and providing for her family’s future.

March 2008

1. Video

   Ethical Trading Initiative

   03 March 2008

   ETI is an alliance of companies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and trade union organisations who aim to promote and improve the implementation of corporate codes of practice which cover supply chain working conditions. Their ultimate goal is to ensure that the working conditions of workers producing for the UK market meet or exceed international labour standards.

October 2007

1. Video

   World Bank Core Labor Standards Toolkit

   08 October 2007

   The World Bank group provides a toolkit designed to assist staff in analyzing core labor standards (CLS) in Country Assistance Strategies (CAS), according to the recommendations of donors. It provides background information on four principles from international conventions known as "core labor standards." The toolkit also includes links to resources for finding information on a country's compliance with each of the standards and suggestions for integrating an analysis of the standards into the CAS.

March 2007

1. Video

   Business for Social Responsability

   07 March 2007

   Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) provides socially responsible business solutions to many of the world’s leading corporations. They provide one page dedicated to forced labour.