News

November 2008

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   ILO warns of cuts in real wages for millions of workers in 2009 – Declines follow decade in which wages failed to keep pace with economic growth

   25 November 2008

   The global economic crisis is expected to lead to painful cuts in the wages of millions of workers worldwide in the coming year, according to a new report published today by the International Labour Office (ILO).

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   ILO to launch new guide against child trafficking during III World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents

   24 November 2008

   The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) will launch a new resource guide on child trafficking and sexual exploitation to coincide with the III World Congress against Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro from 25 to 28 November.

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   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.

4. 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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   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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   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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   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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   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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   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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    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.