News

November 2012

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   Post-2015 development agenda

   Beyond the MDGs: It’s all about jobs and livelihoods

   18 November 2012

   As the debate on the post-Millennium Development Goals agenda gathers pace, the ILO says the most pressing priorities are job creation and social protection.

October 2012

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   International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

   Guy Ryder: New direction needed if poverty is to be beaten

   17 October 2012

   Decent Work and full employment must be key goals in the fight against poverty, says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

2. 

   South Africa mines

   Social dialogue needed to prevent further violence in SA mines, says ILO

   01 October 2012

   The ILO calls for social dialogue and a review of labour market institutions to avoid further violence in the South African mining industry

September 2012

1. 

   News

   Youth suicide underlines ILO call for action on jobs in the occupied Palestinian territory

   05 September 2012

   The recent suicide of a young jobseeker in Gaza City has highlighted the serious concerns raised by the International Labour Organization (ILO) about the precarious situation of workers in Gaza and the West Bank.

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.

2. 

   News

   Decent work opportunities fall short for indigenous people

   07 August 2012

   On the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – marked on August 9 - ILO News looks at employment and social justice prospects for those communities.

July 2012

1. 

   News

   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.

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   News

   Cooperatives: Resilient to crises, key to sustainable growth

   06 July 2012

   In a message marking International Day of Cooperatives, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia salutes the approximately one billion people worldwide who are involved in cooperatives.

3. 

   News

   ILO Chief: Global economy at turning point, time to rethink policies

   02 July 2012

   ILO Director-General Juan Somavia outlines measures to create decent jobs and preserve incomes for working families around the world.

June 2012

1. 

   News

   ILO survey: 5.5 million working children in the Philippines

   27 June 2012

   The government has announced it is scaling up the campaign to put an end to the worst forms of child labour by 2016.