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June 2013

  1. 102nd International Labour Conference

    Van Rompuy: Growth and jobs are the ultimate goal of all reforms

    14 June 2013

    Ahead of the European Council meeting, European Council President, Herman Van Rompuy, addresses the International Labour Conference and says that the ILO has a key role to play in helping to address the challenges that Europe faces.

April 2013

  1. © Andreas Solaro / AFP 2013

    European labour market

    Ten million more unemployed in Europe than in 2008

    08 April 2013

    Austerity measures have not addressed the root causes of the crisis nor have they brought down unemployment, according to a snapshot of EU countries based on an upcoming ILO report on the state of global labour markets.

  2. © Leon Neal / AFP 2013

    Youth employment crisis

    EU-wide youth guarantees: ILO at the ready

    04 April 2013

    The ILO will cooperate with the European Commission in tackling the employment crisis facing young people, including through youth guarantee schemes.

March 2013

  1. Europe

    Balance between fiscal discipline and growth is needed, says European Parliament President

    22 March 2013

    The head of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, highlights common ground with the ILO on the need to move beyond austerity in the crisis response, on the importance of decent work and in the debate on the post-2015 development goals.

January 2013

  1. Davos

    Jobs crisis is far from over, warns ILO chief

    25 January 2013

    Speaking at the World Economic Summit in Davos, ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, said that the dire jobs situation shows the crisis is far from over.

  2. Youth employment

    ILO Chief: Less austerity, more investment needed to tackle youth jobs crisis

    11 January 2013

    Failing to act on the youth jobs crisis would sow the seeds of social unrest and destroy hopes for sustainable growth. That is a cost the world cannot afford, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said at a conference on youth employment in Budapest.

October 2012

  1. Interview with The Times

    ILO Chief warns of austerity’s ‘toxic’ impact

    03 October 2012

    In an interview with The Times newspaper, the head of ILO warned that austerity measures in southern European countries risk having “quite harmful consequences”. He was more positive about the outlook in Britain.

August 2012

  1. 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.

July 2012

  1. News item

    Eurozone risks losing a further 4.5 million jobs

    11 July 2012

    A report by the ILO’s International Institute for Labour Studies says a concerted policy shift towards job creation is needed in order to reverse the heavy unemployment crisis affecting the single-currency area.

May 2012

  1. News item

    Eurozone: “Extreme policies could produce extreme reactions”, ILO head warns

    30 May 2012

    ILO Chief cautions against harsh policies that could provoke a reaction from people in the hardest hit Eurozone countries.

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