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September 2021
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UN Food Systems Summit
Transformed food systems can help achieve sustainable development goals
23 September 2021
The ILO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) co-lead a new international coalition to advance decent work for people working in food systems.
October 2020
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COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
COVID-19 exposes food retailers as frontline workers
14 October 2020
Food retail and grocery store workers have become essential to the economy’s survival and to guaranteeing food security and safety for the population. These workers, working in a labour-intensive sector now considered essential, are in many cases low-skilled workers receiving low wages and inadequate social security benefits.
August 2020
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COVID-19: Protecting workers in the workplace
ILO releases checklist to safely reopen accommodation and food services
28 August 2020
Many countries are now entering a new phase in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, while at the same time managing the reopening of the accommodation and food services industries. The ILO has therefore released a practical and participatory checklist to help companies, workers and customers stay safe and prevent the spread of COVID-19 while mitigating the social economic impact of COVID-19.
October 2008
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Gender campaign
Equal Pay in Portugal’s Restaurants
08 October 2008
No matter how old, how experienced, how well educated or what the job, women are still paid less than men, all over the world. And traditional “women’s work” has always been chronically undervalued. But what if there was a tool that evaluates jobs based on the requirements of the job and not whether women or men perform them? It exists, and it’s being used in an unlikely place: behind the scenes of Portugal’s busiest restaurants.
June 2008
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News
ILO and FAO launch a new joint website on "Food, Agriculture and Decent Work"
06 June 2008
The International Labour Office (ILO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today launched a new website designed to highlight the many areas in which they already work together and others in which they are contemplating joint activities.
March 2006
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Video
France: Food at Work
23 March 2006
Rising levels of obesity in France and other Western countries, means a less healthy, less productive workforce. But at the Peugeot-Citroen factory in Rennes, France, downsizing the workforce has taken on a very different and healthier meaning. ILO TV explains.