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ILO calls on Greece to bring its labour relations system back to fundamental rights

In this year’s November session, the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association – the supervisory body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) that examines cases concerning employers’ and trade unions’ rights to organize, collective bargaining...

European Parliament delegation discusses response to the crisis with ILO Director-General

A high-level delegation of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) of the European Parliament visited the ILO headquarters in Geneva on 12 November 2012. The delegation met the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder and discussed – among other...

ILO at European Development Days

The ILO Office participated in the European Development Days, organized by the European Commission on 16 and 17 October 2012 in cooperation with development stakeholders.

Banking co-ops

What financial cooperatives can teach the big banks

The success of financial cooperatives during the global financial crisis shows there is a credible alternative to the investment-owned banking system.

Measuring unemployment

Youth jobs count – but how?

The latest EU figures show a further increase in youth unemployment, but there has been some debate in the past over whether to express those levels in rates rather than ratios. What is the difference between the two, and which, if any, is a more...

Regional knowledge-sharing forum – labour inspection and the domestic work sector, Lisbon, 11-12 October 2012

LAB/ADMIN participated in a regional knowledge-sharing forum on labour inspection and domestic work in Lisbon, Portugal, organized by the International Labour Office in cooperation with the Government of Portugal on 11 and 12 October 2012.

2012 Nobel Peace Prize

ILO Director-General congratulates EU on Nobel Peace Prize

Interview with The Times

ILO Chief warns of austerity’s ‘toxic’ impact

In an interview with The Times newspaper, the head of ILO warned that austerity measures in southern European countries risk having “quite harmful consequences”. He was more positive about the outlook in Britain.

European labour migration

From public sector worker in Portugal to cleaner in Switzerland

As protests spread in southern Europe – especially in Greece, Spain and Portugal – against austerity measures, more and more people hit by the crisis are moving to northern countries in search of decent jobs. Public sector workers are not an...

Analysis

Crisis in Spain highlights an increasing ‘employment divide’

The wave of social unrest that has recently hit Spain is a reflection of the growing rural/urban and north/south divide in the country.

Dpa Insight EU news service interviews ILO Director General elect Guy Ryder

The news service 'Dpa Insight EU' interviewed Guy Ryder on the occasion of the European Commission 'Jobs for Europe' conference in Brussels on 6-7 September 2012.

Labour standards

Milestone ratifications of seafarers’ labour rights charter

The ILO’s Maritime Labour Convention has now been ratified by 30 countries, meaning it will go into effect in a year’s time. The charter sets out the labour rights of the world’s 1.2 million seafarers.

Weathering the crisis: A Turkish recipe

Turkey has managed to overcome the global financial crisis better than many European countries. How did it do it?

Trade unions and youth employment: global challenges and new approaches – conference in Baku

The Pan-European Regional Council of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-PERC) in cooperation with the ILO and the Azerbaijan Trade Union Confederation (AHIK) organized two-day conference “Trade unions and youth employment: global...

Kyrgyzstan trade union youth school

The Federation of Trade Unions of Kyrgyzstan in cooperation with the ILO Decent Work Team and Country Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia organized a five-day youth summer school on July 16-20. The summer school brought together some thirty...

Azerbaijan: Conference on trade unions and youth global challenges and new approaches

Fight against stigma and discrimination in Belarus

On July 11 in the run up to the XIX International AIDS Conference that took place in Washington DC from July 22 to July 27 and brought together thousands of delegates, including activists, people living with HIV, experts, politicians and medics, the...

Eurozone risks losing a further 4.5 million jobs

A report by the ILO’s International Institute for Labour Studies says a concerted policy shift towards job creation is needed in order to reverse the heavy unemployment crisis affecting the single-currency area.

Forced labour: an EU problem

New ILO estimates show forced labour is a serious issue in the European Union. Many countries are adopting increasing measures to tackle the problem, but more is needed when it comes to identifying and prosecuting criminals.

Why stress at work matters

A wave of suicides at France Telecom that shocked France four years ago is back in the headlines. The ILO warns of a rise in mental ill-health due to stress at the workplace.