Articles

December 2011

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   Making markets work for jobs: The way out of the crisis

   01 December 2011

   The “World of Work Report 2011” calls for maintaining and in some cases strengthening pro-employment programmes, warning that efforts to reduce public debt and deficits have often disproportionately focused on labour market and social measures.

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   A worsening global youth employment crisis

   01 December 2011

   Last October, the ILO issued its “Global Employment Trends for Youth: 2011 update”. The report warns of a “scarred” generation of young workers facing a dangerous mix of high unemployment, increased inactivity and precarious work in developed countries, as well as persistently high working poverty in the developing world.

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   A lack of decent jobs

   01 December 2011

   In nearly all regions, the vast majority of people are not satisfied with the availability of quality jobs. The latter have been scarce, notably in the European Union, where only temporary jobs have shown an increase.

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   A double-dip in employment?

   01 December 2011

   In a grim analysis issued on the eve of the G20 leaders summit in Cannes, France, the ILO says the global economy is on the verge of a new and deeper jobs recession that will further delay the global economic recovery and may ignite more social unrest in many countries.

May 2011

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   How to EASE social dialogue between sports professionals and their employers

   01 May 2011

   They are the men and women who each weekend run out on to the world’s football stadiums, basketball courts, baseball diamonds and athletics arenas. But are the world’s professional sportsmen and women also workers?

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   Employment in the tourism industry to grow significantly

   01 May 2011

   The travel and tourism industry is one of the largest and most dynamic industries in today’s global economy. It is expected to generate about 9 per cent of total GDP and provide more than 235 million jobs in 2010, representing 8 per cent of global employment. Last November, over 150 government, employer and worker delegates from more than 50 countries, meeting at the ILO’s Global Dialogue Forum on New Developments and Challenges in the Hospitality and Tourism Sector, discussed new developments and challenges in the sector. The Forum was opened by Mr Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Mr Juan Somavia, Director-General of the ILO.

December 2010

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   Gundo Lashu (Our Victory): Labour intensive public roads programmes in South Africa

   01 December 2010

   With more than 25 per cent of jobless people, the Republic of South Africa is faced with rampant unemployment – coupled with high levels of poverty and a lack of skills. As part of the South African Government’s strategy to provide poverty and income relief through temporary work, the labour intensive Expanded Public Works Programme was introduced in 2004. It received technical support from the ILO, which is also assisting the Government with the development and formulation of policy. South African journalist Eleanor Momberg reports from Johannesburg.

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   Green jobs in construction: Small changes – big effect

   01 December 2010

   Construction was the first specific sector of the economy to be addressed in the ILO’s Green Jobs Initiative. The sector is responsible for 25-40 per cent of global energy use, and 30–40 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Andrew Bibby, a London-based journalist, reports from the suburb of Khayelitsha, Cape Town’s largest informal settlement, where the Kuyasa Initiative has targeted 2,000 homes for basic energy-saving measures, creating jobs at the same time.

August 2010

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   Cooperatives and the crisis: "Our customers are also our owners"

   01 August 2010

   Cooperatives have been more resilient to the deepening global economic and jobs crisis than other sectors. Andrew Bibby reports from Sweden.

August 2009

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   International Labour Conference 2009: World leaders support ILO “Global Jobs Pact”

   01 August 2009

   The Pact received strong support from heads of State and government, vice-presidents, ministers of labour, workers and employers and other economic and labour leaders participating in an ILO Jobs Summit on 15–17 June. The summit provided a first-of-its-kind opportunity to discuss policies that are being implemented at national and international levels to address the global jobs crisis.