All ILO Newsroom content
June 2016
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Statement
Statement by the Minister of Labour of the Republic of San Marino, Iro Belluzzi, to the 105th International Labour Conference
09 June 2016
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105th International labour Conference
Global Supply Chains: Lessons from the USA
09 June 2016
Cathy Feingold, International Director of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) shares her views about the challenges of Global Supply Chains in the United States and the possible ways to implement Decent Work in Global Supply Chains.
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News
Belgium ratifies the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167), and the Part-Time Work Convention, 1994 (No. 175)
08 June 2016
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Future of fair migration
Realizing a future of fair migration
08 June 2016
As migrants fleeing poverty and persecution continue to make headlines around the world, how can we create systems of governance that provide regular and safe migration to meet migrants’ rights and labour market needs? The ILO's Salwa Kanaana discusses with Michelle Leighton, ILO Chief of Migration Branch, and Ruba Jaradat, ILO Regional Director for the Arab States.
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105th International Labour Conference
Child labour: The time for excuses is over
08 June 2016
168 million children are in or at risk for child labour around the world and current levels of crisis and conflict heighten the vulnerability of children to exploitation. But at the 105th International Labour Conference, delegates were told that international standards now in place have reduced child labour by about 1/3 in the last decade, and that today, employers and business commonly expect to eliminate child labour in their supply chains. Delegates also heard that communities themselves can play a key role; providing decent work for adults helps eliminate child labour.
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Our impact, their voice
The road to eliminating child labour in Zambia
08 June 2016
In Zambia, the ILO’s ARISE programme is fighting to reduce child labour through education and training. The programme is helping to eliminate child labour in supply chains by addressing the economic and social factors that encourage small producers to employ children in hazardous work.
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105th International Labour Conference
Social protection for all: what does it take?
07 June 2016
Only 20 per cent of the world’s population has adequate social security coverage and more than half lack any coverage at all. The extension of social protection to all would play a pivotal role in relieving people of poverty and deprivation. What does it take to get there? The ILO's Martin Murphy discusses with Isabel Ortiz, Director of the ILO Social Protection Department.
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Forced Labour Protocol
France commits to ending modern slavery
07 June 2016
France’s Minister for Labour, Employment, Vocational Training and Social Dialogue, Ms Myriam El Khomri, explains why France has ratified the Forced Labour Protocol. We also hear from Yves Veyrier, Garance Pineau and Claude Jeannerot about what this means for the workers, the employers and the government in France. (In French with subtitles in English)
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105th International labour Conference
Labour migration in Germany
07 June 2016
The promotion of fair migration is an important agenda for the ILO. Leo Monz, Senior Adviser of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) explains the situation of migrant workers in Germany.
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105th International Labour Conference
Realizing a future of fair migration
06 June 2016
As migrants fleeing poverty and persecution continue to make headlines around the world, how can we create systems of governance that provide regular and safe migration to meet migrants’ rights and labour market needs? The ILO's Salwa Kanaana discusses with Michelle Leighton, ILO Chief of Migration Branch, and Ruba Jaradat, ILO Regional Director for the Arab States.