News

June 2008

1. 

   Media advisory for World Day Against Child Labour, June 12 2008 – Education: the right response to child labour

   06 June 2008

   World Day Against Child Labour will this year be marked by thousands of events in scores of countries around the world on 12 June with a focus on the need to improve access of children to education as the right response to child labour.

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   ILO and FAO launch a new joint website on "Food, Agriculture and Decent Work"

   06 June 2008

   The International Labour Office (ILO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today launched a new website designed to highlight the many areas in which they already work together and others in which they are contemplating joint activities.

3. 

   Flexicurity for decent work: A labour market policy approach

   05 June 2008

   The search for a better combination of flexibility and security regarding employment, income and social protection is a major challenge within the European Union. Denmark has been a pioneer in implementing a system of “flexicurity” in its labour market. Today, the country has the second lowest unemployment rate among OECD countries, with high levels of competitiveness, job mobility as well as of workforce training. However, the Danish experience shows that the right balance regarding decent work is not to be found by companies or the public sector alone, but through social dialogue. While the ILO International labour Conference is underway, a panel discussion will address the issue of "Flexicurity for Decent Work: a labour market policy approach" with the participation of ILO experts and tripartite delegates from Denmark. Anne Mette Skipper met with one of them, the Danish Minister for Employment, Claus Hjort Frederiksen. Download the interview (in english)

4. 

   ILO launches year-long campaign “Gender Equality at the Heart of Decent Work”

   05 June 2008

   The International Labour Organization is launching a one-year global campaign to highlight the central role of gender equality in its Decent Work Agenda and in the work of its constituents – governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations.

5. 

   ILO Decent Work Research Prize shared by Nobel laureate and leading Canadian labour researcher

   04 June 2008

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) today announced the ILO Decent Work Research Prize 2008 will be awarded to Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and leading Canadian labour researcher Harry Arthurs.

6. International Labour Conference elects new members of ILO Governing Body

   04 June 2008

   The International Labour Conference of the ILO elected new members of the Governing Body on 2 June.

7. 

   Labour Organization Journalistic Prize awarded to Misako Hida for her article on "death from overwork"

   04 June 2008

   Dying from overwork in ‘the Land of Karoshi’: The article that won the first International Labour Organization Journalistic Prize.

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   President of Slovenia addresses annual ILO Conference - Calls for worldwide implementation of decent work

   02 June 2008

   The President of the Republic of Slovenia, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU), today expressed support for the Decent Work Agenda of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and called for its worldwide implementation.

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   XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work - World Summit on Safety and Health, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 29 June – 2 July 2008

   02 June 2008

   Some 4,000 industry leaders, policy-makers and experts from over 100 countries are to gather in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 29 June to 2 July for the XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work.

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    Tuvalu becomes 182nd ILO Member State

    02 June 2008

    Tuvalu has become the 182nd Member State of the International Labour Organization (ILO)...