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.
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Freedom of association
ILO mission to Fiji aborted
19 September 2012
An ILO mission on freedom of association obliged to depart from Fiji without having completed its mandate.
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Social finance
Giving banks a good name
19 September 2012
Is it possible for banks to devote themselves to the financial welfare of workers and still survive financial crises? The ILO looks at the Rokin Bank, a union-led cooperative in Japan.
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Safety at work
ILO announces action plan to boost workplace safety in Pakistani factories
17 September 2012
ILO sets out a series of short and medium-term measures in response to the deaths of more than 260 workers in a garment factory in Karachi.
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Analysis
Crisis in Spain highlights an increasing ‘employment divide’
17 September 2012
The wave of social unrest that has recently hit Spain is a reflection of the growing rural/urban and north/south divide in the country.
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Euronews
ILO leader calls for a universal youth employment guarantee
14 September 2012
Nearly five million young people in the EU cannot find a job and in some of Eurozone countries, the youth unemployment rate exceeds 40 percent. In an interview with Euronews, Guy Ryder who takes over as Director General of the ILO in October, called for targeted plans to generate decent work and skills development for young people. According to ILO estimates, youth employment guarantee schemes can cost governments as little as 0.5 percent of their overall spending and would go a long way in avoiding a lost generation of workers.
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News
Pakistani factory fire highlights lack of workplace safety measures, says ILO
12 September 2012
More needs to be done to protect workers’ safety and health, the ILO says, as Pakistan mourns the deaths of hundreds of workers in a garment factory fire in Karachi.
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Social dialogue
Weakening collective bargaining hurts recovery
12 September 2012
Some governments unilaterally reformed collective bargaining arrangements at the height of the economic crisis. Reversing those decisions and providing policy support for collective bargaining would be key to recovery, according to the ILO.
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Youth Conference
ILO calls for urgent investment in youth work opportunities
11 September 2012
The head of the ILO’s Employment sector outlines the ILO’s vision for investment in young people in order to tackle the world-wide youth unemployment crisis.
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Analysis
Are we getting too old to afford social security?
10 September 2012
With people living longer, more and more questions are being raised on the possible effects of the ageing of the population on labour markets and social security systems.