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June 2021
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19th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress 2021
Reinvigorate labour market institutions to address present crisis and future challenges
21 June 2021
In a speech to the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress, the ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, outlined the steps needed to build a sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in the world of work.
January 2019
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Blog
The ‘Beauty Premium’ and other forms of stereotyping are real, and they’re a workplace problem
15 January 2019
People say “seeing is believing”, but that’s wrong. The truth is, “I will see it when I believe it”.
December 2018
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Tripartism and social dialogue in Bangladesh
Taking social dialogue to the next level
12 December 2018
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Tripartism and social dialogue in Bangladesh
Navigating successful trade unions
12 December 2018
December 2015
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Statement
The challenges of Decent Work in Global Supply Chains
14 December 2015
The ILO’s Bureau for Workers ‘Activities (ACTRAV) will organize a symposium on Decent Work in Global Supply Chains from 15th to 17th December. ACTRAV Director Maria Helena André discusses the challenges linked to this topic, particularly for the trade union movement.
November 2015
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ILO technical assistance
ILO to support Greece in boosting labour market policies and the social economy
26 November 2015
The ILO Director-General today met with Greek ministers, worker and employer representatives in Athens to discuss the country's response to economic and unemployment issues.
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.
April 2015
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International Labour Review, Vol. 154 (2015), No. 1
Three scenarios for industrial relations in Europe
07 April 2015
The author outlines three scenarios for the future of industrial relations in Europe. The first – perhaps the most realistic – projects continuing erosion of national industrial relations systems and conditions of employment, in line with current trends. The second envisages that “elite reform” from above will succeed in re-engineering industrial relations and workers’ protection according to an ideal social policy agenda – an unlikely prospect given the overriding importance of financial considerations and globalized competition. The third scenario centres on a counter-movement from below which presents trade unions with the daunting challenge of mobilizing the discontented far beyond their traditional constituency.
July 2013
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International Labour Review, Vol. 152 (2013), No. 2
The meta-regulation of European industrial relations: Power shifts, institutional dynamics and the emergence of regulatory competition
05 July 2013
“Meta-regulation” describes the transnational governance of industrial relations emerging from attempts to resolve conflicts between national collective agreements and EU Member States’ freedom to provide services and post workers abroad. The norm underpinning such meta-regulation is competition, not only between workers from different EU Member States but also between States’ labour regulations. Using the concepts of “structural power” and “social field”, the authors discuss judicial decisions that illustrate the gradual meta-regulation of industrial relations in the EU and show how the power asymmetry between labour and capital is growing in favour of the latter.
April 2012
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Video interview
World of Work Report 2012: Interview with the authors of the report
27 April 2012
ILO TV interviews Marva Corley and Steven Tobin, Senior Economists at the International Institute for Labour Studies on the effect austerity measures and reduced public investment had on a deteriorated job market. In contrast, some countries implemented policies to successfully generate jobs and improve the quality of employment.