News

December 2012

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   Global Wage Report 2012/2013

   Is it the end of a low-wage production model in China?

   14 December 2012

   China’s long-held position as a country of cheap goods based on low-wage labour looks set to change, with wages rising sharply across the board, according to the latest ILO Global Wage Report.

August 2012

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   Labour standards

   Milestone ratifications of seafarers’ labour rights charter

   20 August 2012

   The ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention has now been ratified by 30 countries, meaning it will go into effect in a year’s time. The charter sets out the labour rights of the world’s 1.2 million seafarers.