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Dignity at Work - How Americans Experience Work

Still learning, every day and every hour

Jeffrey Forrest - Chair & Professor, Aviation & Aerospace Science Department, Metropolitan State University (MSU), Denver, Colorado

COVID-19 and the world of work

ILO: Sustainable solutions urgently needed to address collapse of Caribbean tourism employment

New report assesses sector job losses and other decent work deficits due to COVID-19

An Update on ILO COOP 100 Interview Series

Dignity at Work - How Americans Experience Work

You do not have a farm without a farmer

Nanne Kennedy - Sheep Farmer and Entrepreneur, Meadowcroft Farm, Washington, Maine

Dignity at Work - How Americans Experience Work

Keeping people happy and safe

Leon Coffee - Rodeo Clown, Comanche Springs Rodeo, Fort Stockton, Texas

ILO to host conversation on youth employment challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean in times of COVID-19

Increased unemployment, informality and inactivity can disproportionately affect young women and men. The ILO will address these issues in a virtual conversation with young people and representatives of employers' and workers' organizations on...

ILO COOP 100 Interview

ILO COOP 100 Interview with Martin Lowery, cooperative leader in the US and ICA Board Member

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...

ILO COOP 100 Interview

ILO COOP 100 Interview with Danilo Salerno, The Regional Director for ICA Americas

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...

Dignity at Work - How Americans Experience Work

We all have a part in the next big step

Dr. Joan Nichols - Associate Director of the Galveston National Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

ILO COOP 100 Interview

Hans Lind, Interim Country Representative for Colombia and Senior Advisor on Cooperative Development at We Effect

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...

ILO COOP 100 Interview

Dr Sonja Novkovic, the Chair of the ICA Committee on Cooperative Research and a Professor at Saint Mary’s University in Canada

Established in March 1920, the ILO’s Cooperatives Unit marks its Centenary in 2020. On this occasion, the ILO COOP 100 Interview series features past and present ILO colleagues and key partners who were closely engaged in the ILO's work on...

Dignity at Work - How Americans Experience Work

Helping people at their worst time by being the best type of person

Joseph Finocchiaro - Funeral Service Educator, Miami Dade College, Miami, Florida

IDB-ILO Report

Zero emission economy will lead to 15 million new jobs by 2030 in Latin America and Caribbean

A study by the International Labour Organization and the Inter-American Development Bank highlights the impact on jobs if countries in Latin America and the Caribbean adopt zero emission policies.

COPAC organizes an International Day of Cooperatives event on cooperatives and climate action

ILO’s Enterprises Department Director and Chair of the Committee on Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC), Mr van Vuuren, participated as a speaker in a virtual event organized on the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives...

Dignity at Work - How Americans Experience Work

An amazing creative journey by being true to one’s self

Eva Walker - Musician and Radio Host, Seattle, Washington

Blog

Social Security in Chile: the Future of Pensions and the Proposal to Withdraw 10 Per Cent

The proposal to withdraw up to 10 per cent of total individual pension fund savings responds to households’ need to ensure income during the COVID-19 crisis as well as to the wider discussion of the future of the pension system in Chile, according...

Dignity at Work - How Americans Experience Work

Generating real wealth in saving lives and the planet

Shawn Seipler - CEO and Founder Clean the World Foundation, Orlando, Florida

Dignity at Work - How Americans Experience Work

More than a great idea takes flight

Lee Mackenzie and Dianne Odegard - Bat Rehabilitators and Educators, Austin Bat Refuge - Austin, Texas

ILO COOP 100 Webinar III - Cooperatives for Climate Action

The webinar focused on climate action, the theme for this year’s International Day of Cooperatives. Four speakers presented on the role of cooperatives in climate change mitigation and adaptation and discussed ways to scale up efforts toward a...

Domestic Workers Convention

Ratification by Mexico of Convention No. 189 on Domestic Workers

Mexico is committed to promoting decent work for domestic workers. The Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the Undersecretary of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of the Mexican Foreign Ministry participated in a virtual ceremony.