News
November 2008
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Governing Body
ILO expresses deep concern over economic crisis, moves to forge policy responses based on decent work
21 November 2008
Amid growing concern over the impact of economic turmoil on workers, employers and governments, the Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) took the first steps toward forging employment and social policy responses through social dialogue aimed at meeting the challenges of the deepening global economic crisis.
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Press release
ILO concern expressed over the situation in Swaziland
21 November 2008
The members of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization have expressed concern over the situation relating to freedom of association in Swaziland, and in particular over the security of Jan Sithole, Secretary General of the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions.
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Global Wage Report 2008/09
ILO launches new report on global wages, including impact of financial crisis
21 November 2008
The International Labour Office (ILO) is to launch a new study, entitled "Global Wage Report 2008/09: Minimum wages and collective bargaining: Towards policy coherence" on Tuesday 25 November that examines major trends in wages worldwide over the past decade, and provides a forecast of wage evolution in 2009 due to the global financial crisis.
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Governing Body
Decent work at the heart of a new global order in response to the financial crisis says French President to the ILO
20 November 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged the International Labour Organization to make its voice heard to promote Decent Work at the heart of the rules that will lay the foundations for the building of a new global order in response to the global financial crisis.
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Governing Body
UN Secretary-General addresses ILO Governing Body, calls decent work essential to helping people weather financial, jobs crisis
19 November 2008
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said decent work was essential to helping people weather the global financial crisis, which had also become “a jobs crisis”.
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Governing Body
President of the Government of Spain stresses the importance of work and social dialogue to overcome financial and economic crisis
18 November 2008
Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero today urged governments around the world to sustain and strengthen policies that promote social cohesion, employment and tripartite dialogue as a fundamental step towards overcoming the global financial and economic crisis.
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Governing Body
Juan Somavia elected to third term as ILO Director-General - Says will work to address financial crisis, ensure social justice
18 November 2008
Juan Somavia was elected to a third term as Director-General of the International Labour Office, and pledged to work to ensure social justice amidst a growing series of challenges in the global economy.
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Governing Body
OECD Secretary-General highlights the role of the ILO and the OECD in the current economic and social crisis
17 November 2008
The Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development Angel Gurría today made an urgent call for increased collaboration between the OECD and the International Labour Organization in response to the global financial crisis.
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Financial crisis
ILO Director-General looks to G20’s next step on social impact of crisis
16 November 2008
The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Juan Somavia, today issued the following statement regarding the extraordinary meeting of leaders from the G20
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Technical cooperation
ILO and Italy sign new cooperation agreement
13 November 2008
The Italian government and the International Labour Organization signed a new Programme Cooperation Agreement for the period 2008-2010 aimed at promoting key areas of the Decent Work Agenda, including employment creation—especially for youth—labour rights, social dialogue and social protection and the empowerment of women.