News

September 2012

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   Forced labour

   ILO hails US campaign against "modern slavery"

   28 September 2012

   The International Labour Organization welcomes US President Barack Obama’s strong stance against forced labour, which affects some 21 million people worldwide.

June 2012

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   US health care law can help close gaps in social security coverage

   29 June 2012

   The national debate that has sprung up in the US around the new legislation on health care is actually quite beneficial, according to an ILO expert on social protection.

May 2012

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   US corporate profits back to pre-crisis levels but jobs market still lagging

   04 May 2012

   According to the ILO, recent US payroll figures show sluggish employment levels. Corporate profits in the United States have gone back to pre-crisis levels but business investment remains weak amid economic uncertainty.

March 2011

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   President Rousseff and President Obama to develop cooperation projects promoting the ILO Decent Work Agenda

   19 March 2011

   The Presidents of the two largest democracies and two largest economies of the Western Hemisphere “expressed the interest of both countries in strengthening their dialogue to promote the Decent Work Agenda, with a view to developing projects in cooperation with the ILO (…).”

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   ILO Director-General welcomes US-Brazil Memorandum of Understanding to promote Decent Work through South-South and Trilateral Cooperation

   19 March 2011

   The Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Mr. Juan Somavia, has welcomed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Governments of Brazil and of the United States to promote South-South and Trilateral Cooperation around the ILO's Decent Work Agenda.

April 2008

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   ILO and US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health agree to cooperate on expanding safety and health at work

   23 April 2008

   The Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork) of the International Labour Office (ILO) and the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) today signed an agreement aimed at expanding safety and health in the workplace.