Press releases

2008

• ILO Director-General calls for urgent measures to address a "globalization without social justice"
  9 June 2008 - ILO/08/25
• Media advisory for World Day Against Child Labour, June 12 2008 - Education: the right response to child labour
  6 June 2008 - ILO/08/24
• ILO launches year-long campaign "Gender Equality at the Heart of Decent Work"
  5 June 2008 - ILO/08/23
• ILO Decent Work Research Prize shared by Nobel laureate and leading Canadian labour reseracher
  4 June 2008 - ILO/08/22
• International Labour Conference elects new members of ILO Governing Body
  4 June 2008 - ILO/08/21
• President of Slovenia addresses annual ILO Conference - Calls for worldwide implementation of decent work
  2 June 2008 - ILO/08/20
• XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work - World Summit on Safety and Health, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 29 June - 2 July 2008
  2 June 2008 - ILO/08/19
• 97th International Labour Conference to address wide range of issues, including reducing rural poverty, enhancing skills and labour rights - Conference will have high-level discussion on food crisis
  22 May 2008 - ILO/08/16
• ILO launches process aimed at adopting new international labour standard on HIV/AIDS in the world of work
  14 May 2008 - ILO/08/13
• ILO sees a significant improvement in Workplace attitudes to HIV/AIDS
  14 April 2008 - ILO/08/11
• ILO Director-General calls for new multilateral consensus to head off global slowdown and recession
  9 April 2008 - ILO/08/10
• ILO Governing Body concludes 301st session - Considers labour situation in Myanmar, Colombia and other countries, welcomes growing links with World Bank
  20 March2008 - ILO/08/4
• World Bank President cites growing ties with ILO on globalization and decent work agenda, welcomes "partnership through dialogue"
  17 March 2008 - ILO/08/8
• Global Employments Trends for Women 2008: More women enter the workforce, but more than half of all working women are in vulnerable jobs
  6 March 2008 - ILO/08/6
• ILO Governing Body opens 301st session: Labour situation in Myanmar will be discussed, along with migration, discrimination and freedom of association
  6 March 2008 - ILO/08/7
• International Women's Day 2008: New report on global Employment Trends for Women and panel discussion on investing in women's decent work by ILO
  29 February 2008 - ILO/08/5
• ILO experts to highlight critical aspects of human trafficking at Vienna forum
  12 February 2008 - ILO/08/3
• ILO projects global economic turbulence could generate five mission more unemployed in 2008
  23 January 2008 - ILO/08/2
• ILO to launch annual report on Global Employment Trends 2008
  16 January 2008 - ILO/08/1

2007

• ILO and Gates Foundation join forces to development range of insurance products in developing countries
  6 December 2007 - ILO/07/63
• ILO calls for new efforts to support people with disabilities in the world of work
  3 December 2007 - ILO/07/61
• International Day of Disabled Persons
  26 November 2007 - ILO/07/60
• ILO Governing Body concludes 300th session: considers Labour situation in Myanmar, Belarus, and other countries as well as climate change and decent work
  16 November 2007 - ILO/07/59
• ILO to launch new Book on trade union responses to globalization
  13 November 2007 - ILO/07/58
• ILO Forum discusses Decent Work and a fair globalization
  1 November 2007 - ILO/07/54
• ILO Governing Body holds 300th session: Agenda includes labour rights, climate change and decent work, trade and employment
  1 November 2007 - ILO/07/53
• ILO Decent Work Reserach Prize 2008: Call for nominations
  24 October 2007 - ILO/07/50
• New ILO report says US leads the world in labour productivity, some regions are catching up, most lag behind
  2 September 2007 - ILO/07/47
• ILO Asia-Pacific employment forum opens in Beijing - Hears call for integrating sustainable development and decent work
  13 August 2007 - ILO/07/45
• ILO says Asia and the Pacific labour forces expected to grow by over 200 million by 2015
  12 August 2007 - ILO/07/44
• ILO awards first Decent Work Reserach Prize to Nelson mandela and Carmelo Mesa-Lago
  15 June 2007 - ILO/07/38
• ILO Director-General call for "Green Jobs Initiative" to support environmentally sustainable development - Also highlights impact of globalization and need to reduce "Decent Work" deficits
  11 June 2007 - ILO/07/32
• World Day Against Child Labour 2007: New global partnership against child labour in agriculture
  11 June 2007 - ILO/07/30
• Working Time Around The World - One in five workers worldwide are putting in "excessive" hours: New ILO study spotlights working time in over 50 countries
  7 June 2007 - ILO/07/29
• ILO to launch new global study on working time trends
  1 June 2007 - ILO/07/24
• Heads of State, government and leaders from the world of work to address wide range of labour issues at the 96th International Labour Conference
  29 May 2007 - ILO/07/23
• Media advisory - 96th International Labour Conference, 30 May - 15 June 2007 25 May 2007 - ILO/07/21
• ILO announces recipients of first decent work reserach prize
  23 May 2007 - ILO/07/20
• New ILO Global Report on Equality at Work 2007 - Despite major progress, workplace discrimination persists and is taking on new forms
  10 May 2007 - ILO/07/19
• ILO meeting to discuss changing labour force requirements in the electronic components manufacturing sector
  13 April 2007 - ILO/07/10
• ILO Governing Body concludes 298th Session Considers ILO budget, labour situation in Myanmar, Belarus and other countries as well as trade and employment policy
  30 March 2007 - ILO/07/09
• ILO Governing Body opens 298th session Labour situation in Belarus and Myanmar will be discussed, along with ILO budget, trade and employment
  8 March 2007 - ILO/07/07
• Global Employment Trends for Women 2007 ILO study warns on the feminization of working poverty
  7 March 2007 - ILO/07/06
• International Women's Day 2007 ILO to celebrate working women who have been "breaking boundaries and driving change"
  1 March 2007 - ILO/07/05
• ILO, UNDP join forces to promote growth for decent jobs
  9 February 2007 - ILO/07/03
• Global Employment Trends 1007 Global unemployment remains at historic high despite strong economic growth Modest gains in reducing working poverty
  25 January 2007 - ILO/07/02
• Brunei becomes 180th ILO Member State
  23 January 2007 - ILO/07/01

2006

• ILO welcomes new UN Convention on rights of people with disabilities
  14 December 2006 - ILO/06/58
• ILO welcomes EU decision to promote Decent Work for All
  5 December 2006 - ILO/06/57
• World AIDS Day 2006 in the world of work
  24 November 2006 - ILO/06/55
• ILO calls for zero tolerance of violence against children in the workplace
  20 November 2006 - ILO/06/54
• ILO Governing Body concludes 297th session
  17 November 2006 - ILO/06/53
• The ILO formally recognizes the newly created International Trade Union Confederation
  15 November 2006 - ILO/06/51
• ILO Governing Body opens 297th session
  2 November 2006 - ILO/06/50
• ILO Director-General lauds formation of new global union federation representing 166 million workers Globalization makes ILO's labour standards increasingly essential
  1 November 2006 - ILO/06/49
• New ILO study says youth unemployment rising, with hundreds of millions more working but living in poverty
  27 October 2006 - ILO/06/48
• International road transport at the crossroads
  20 October 2006 - ILO/06/46
• ILO' hosts interagency meeting to disucss avian flu and workplace impact and response
  26 September 2006 - ILO/06/43
• New technologies will boost productivity, but also impact employment in retail, says ILO report
  15 September 2006 - ILO/06/42
• ILO Asian Regional Meeting concludes its work Launches decent work decade
  1 September 2006 - ILO/06/41
• ILO open 14th Asian Regional Meeting
  Calls for new initiatives on job creation and decent work
  29 August 2006 - ILO/06/40
• ILO hails new UN Declaration on Strengthening global efforts to promote Decent Work for poverty reduction and sustainable development
  6 July 2006 - ILO/06/36
• ILO's 95th annaul Conference concludes
  16 June 2006 - ILO/06/35
• New Forms of violence at work on the rise worldwide, says the ILO
  14 June 2006 - ILO/06/33
• South African elected new Chairman of ILO Governing Body
  Committee on Freedom of Association cites Cambodia, Dijouti, the Islamic of Iran and Zimbabwe
  12 June 2006 - ILO/06/32
• New ILO report on the situation of workers in occupied Arab territories
  26 May 2006 - ILO/06/22
• 95th International Labour Conference, 31 May - 16 June 2006
  19 May 2006 - ILO/06/21
• Mining experts adopt new Code of Practice on safety and health in underground coalmines
  17 May 2006 - ILO/06/20
• World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2006
  28 April 2006 - ILO/06/13
• ILO Governing Body concludes 295th session
  31 March 2006 - ILO/06/10
• ILO Governing Body opens 295th session
  16 March 2006 -ILO/06/09
• ILO celebrates International Women's Day - message by Juan Somavia, Director-General of ILO Office
  8 March 2006 - ILO/06/08

• 2005

  • ILO-ICFTU/APRO Project on Skills Development and Vocational Training for Tsunami- affected People (pdf - 22 kb)