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May 2020
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COVID-19 and the ILO Recommendation 205
19 May 2020
The ILO Recommendation No 205 on Employment and Decent Work for Peace and Resilience, adopted in 2017 (R205) deals with crises arising from both conflicts and disasters and it is very topical as it gives guidance for situation such as the one we are facing now with COVID-19.
July 2018
June 2017
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Employment and decent work for the transition to peace: Interview with Luther Mambala
12 June 2017
Luther Mambala, President of the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU), explains how workers are addressing the challenges of Employment and decent work for the transition to peace and how can the unions promote and implement the revised ILO Recommendation 71 on the Transition from War to Peace.
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Employment and decent work for the transition to peace: Interview with Adam Gliksman
12 June 2017
Adam Gliksman, Adviser for the Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union "Solidarnosc", explains how workers are addressing the challenges of Employment and decent work for the transition to peace and how can the unions promote and implement the revised ILO Recommendation 71 on the Transition from War to Peace.
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Employment and decent work for the transition to peace: Interview with Andrea Maksimovic
12 June 2017
Andrea Maksimovic, Associate Director of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), explains how workers are addressing the challenges of Employment and decent work for the transition to peace and how can the unions promote and implement the revised ILO Recommendation 71 on the Transition from War to Peace.
December 2016
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International labour standards training delivered to Unions in Turin
05 December 2016
November 2015
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Informal economy: What are the experiences from Zimbabwe?
23 November 2015
The transition from informal to formal economy was one of the topics of discussion at the 325th session of the ILO Governing Body, which was held in Geneva from 2 to 12 November 2015. In this interview, Sithokozile Siwela, Vice-president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) highlighted the Zimbabwean experience on organizing workers in the informal economy. Ms. Siwela also explains the challenges related to the implementation of the ILO Recommendation on the transition from informal to formal economy.
July 2015
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Role of Social Partnership in Reduction of the Share of Informal Economy – a Round Table in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
10 July 2015
A Round Table of social partners “Role of social partnership in reduction of the share of informal economy” was held on July 10 and 11, 2015 in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Republic Tajikistan, one of the most remote high-mountain regions of Central Asia.
June 2015
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New ILO Standard on the Informal Economy: A Tool for Workers
30 June 2015
The following is an interview with Plamen Dimitrov, Workers’ Spokesperson of the International Labour Conference (1-13 June 2015) Committee on the Transition from the Informal to Formal Economy, who expresses his views about the benefits for workers after the adoption of a new ILO Recommendation to tackle the informal economy. Mr Dimitrov also underlines the opportunities for unions to implement this standard in partnership with ILO.
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International Labour Conference 2015: What were the results for the workers?
26 June 2015
The 104th session of the International Labour Conference was characterized by the Committee on the Application of Standards resuming its work, examining 24 individual cases of violations of international labour standards. In this interview, President of the Workers’ Group, Luc Cortebeeck, shares the workers’ perspective on the work of that Committee. Mr Cortebeeck also talks about the other issues discussed at this session, such as the transition from the informal to the formal economy, social protection, the discussions about small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the creation of decent and productive jobs, as well as the Director-General’s report on the Future of Work.