ILO's Director-General: In the media

December 2012

1. 

   CNBC World Wide Exchange

   ILO Chief: US needs 10 million new jobs to get to pre-crisis levels

   10 December 2012

   In the US, three million jobs are needed just to replace the pre-crisis loss, and additional seven million will be needed to absorb the people coming into the job market, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said in a special CNBC World Wide Exchange. Such ambition is required to go along with a better job creation, added the ILO Chief concluding that we will see quite a lot of employment relocation, especially in the manufacturing sector and that countries like the US need to be ready to exploit new opportunities as they arise.

2. 

   NBC

   Wage growth still far below pre-crisis level, warns the ILO

   07 December 2012

   The continuing crisis is having a negative impact in the labour market in a number of ways, and particularly on the evolution of wages according to the ILO's Global Wage Report 2012-13. US television network NBC reports that wages grew at a lower pace than labour productivity over a decade in the majority of countries for which data are available.

3. 

   BBC World Business Report

   Falling labour share cause for concern, says ILO

   07 December 2012

   BBC World Business Report discusses the rebalancing of economic power between developed and developing nations and whether workers are getting a fair share of the profits as productivity rises in the global economy.

October 2012

1. 

   CNN

   ILO Head says G20 must act now to support demand that creates employment

   11 October 2012

   The situation in global economic conditions has deteriorated to such a degree that G20 countries should urgently make good on the commitments they made in Los Cabos to support demand to create employment, according to ILO Director General Guy Ryder. In an interview with John Defterios of CNN's Global Exchange, he went on to say that whatever differences prevent the financial system from delivering for the real economy, they have to be ironed out pretty quickly lest 3 million more jobs are lost worldwide.

2. The Times

   ‘Toxic’ reforms won’t work, says new labour chief

   03 October 2012

September 2012

1. The Financial Times

   'Youth jobless rate to rise, says ILO'

   04 September 2012

June 2012

1. World Radio Switzerland

   New ILO head on jobless youth: 'They need answers'

   01 June 2012

   Austerity is gripping Europe—unemployment is at record levels and the battle between government and the worker has never been fiercer. Not the best time to be taking over leadership of the International Labour Organization—the UN’s agency to oversee global labour standards. But it’s the task Guy Ryder has taken on after being elected as the ILO’s new director general at the 101st session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva this week. WRS’s Dave Goodman talks to him about the challenges:

May 2011

1. 

   Al Jazeera

   Dismissed Workers in Bahrain: Al Jazeera Interviews the ILO's Guy Ryder

   16 May 2011

   Al Jazeera interviews the ILO's Guy Ryder about the dismissal of workers following pro-democracy protests in Bahrain, and the ILO's efforts to promote dialogue between the country's trade unionists, employers and the government to address the issue. Guy Ryder is the Executive Director for Standards and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, at the ILO.