News
27 September 2011
An ILO High Level Mission to Greece has finished a full week of extensive meetings with all relevant actors of the country’s labour market. The mandate of the mission arose from complaints concerning the application of international conventions ratified by Greece in the areas of freedom of association, collective bargaining, wages, social security, employment policy, labour inspection and non-discrimination.
News from Davos
29 January 2010
ILO Director-General Juan Somavia welcomed a statement adopted by the International Business Council (IBC) of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Business Leaders’ Declaration on International Trade and Economic Recovery urges heads of government to follow through on commitments made at recent high-level meetings, including the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh and support the need for 'a concerted effort to put decent jobs at the heart of the recovery'.