News and articles
January 2020
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Insufficient paid work affects almost half a billion people, new ILO report shows
20 January 2020
A lack of decent work combined with rising unemployment and persisting inequality is making it increasingly difficult for people to build better lives through their work, according to the latest edition of the ILO’s global report on employment and social trends.
May 2015
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Minimum wages needed to overcome poverty, Unions say
19 May 2015
30 unionists from 15 countries in Asia and the Pacific participated in a regional seminar on Wages and Productivity, organized by the ILO’ Bureau for Workers Activities (ACTRAV) under the ACTRAV-All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) South-South cooperation.
August 2014
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It is our duty to reaffirm the right to a safe and healthy workplace, ILO Chief
27 August 2014
Calling for “a culture of intolerance towards risks at work,” International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder told nearly 4,000 participants at the XX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work that safety and health will be an integral part of all the ILO’s work.
July 2014
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Pierre Laliberté , Editor of the International Journal of Labour Research: “Trade unionization is a powerful force against inequality”
07 July 2014
The Bureau of Workers’ Activities (ILO-ACTRAV) has just published the latest issue of the International Journal of Labour Research (IJLR) which addresses “The Challenge of Inequality”. In this interview, the Journal’s editor Pierre Laliberté explains the issues surrounding inequality in the world of work, for the trade union movement in particular.
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Post 2015 Development Agenda: Statement by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General
01 July 2014
Closing remarks by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General at the Trade Union Strategy Workshop on the Post 2015 development agenda, held in Geneva from 26 to 27 June 2014.
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Post 2015 Development Agenda: Statement by John Kakonge, Ambassador of Kenya
01 July 2014
Closing remarks by H.E.Ambassador István Pokorádi from the Permanent Mission of Hungary in Geneva; at the Trade Union Strategy Workshop on the Post 2015 development agenda, held in Geneva from 26 to 27 June 2014.
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Post 2015 Development Agenda: Statement by István Pokorádi, Ambassador of Hungary
01 July 2014
Closing remarks by H.E.Ambassador István Pokorádi from the Permanent Mission of Hungary in Geneva; at the Trade Union Strategy Workshop on the Post 2015 development agenda, held in Geneva from 26 to 27 June 2014.
June 2014
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What are the workers expectations from the Ouagadougou+10 summit? by Francis Atwoli
05 June 2014
On behalf of African Workers, Francis Atwoli expresses the workers expectations from the summit "Ouagadougou + 10", the African Union Extraordinary Summit on Employment, Poverty Eradication and Inclusive Development (September 2014). As vice president of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) and President of the Organization of African Trade Unions Unity, Mr. Atwoli delivered his speech on Thursday 5th June 2014 during the tripartite information session on "Ouagadougou + 10, chaired by Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization.
December 2011
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From the depths of an African shantytown, a nascent youth employment movement grows
14 December 2011
In Africa’s second largest slum, youth unemployment is sky high. But cooperative projects are helping youth find work and slowly lift themselves out of poverty through such projects as raising food in community gardens, processing waste for bio-fuel or providing improved sanitation. Journalist Anne Holmes reports on how this emerging economic revival is making a small but significant dent in a major ongoing challenge.