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Working from home
Homeworkers need to be better protected, says the ILO
13 January 2021
The dramatic increase in working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the poor working conditions experienced by many homeworkers who, prior to the crisis, numbered an estimated 260 million people worldwide.
June 2020
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Video introduction
Organizing matters: Two logics of trade union representation
24 June 2020
May 2016
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ILO Blog
How do workers fare in the gig economy?
20 May 2016
A pair of studies by the ILO examines the working conditions of gig economy workers, whose classification as freelancers often leaves them without protection.
June 2015
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104th International Labour Conference
ILO Director-General calls for global initiative on the future of work
01 June 2015
"We need to look at the longer term drivers of change, the transformational mega-trends, and what they imply for the goals we pursue in the ILO in its second century," said Guy Ryder in front of more than 4,000 delegates gathering in Geneva.