News room

August 2013

  1. Decent work – decent wage!

    05 August 2013

    On August 5-6 Ulan-Ude in the Republic of Buryatia, Russia’s Siberia, hosted a conference entitled Decent work – decent wage! It was organized by the ILO, the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia in the Siberian Federal District and the Association of Trade Unions of the Republic of Buryatia.

July 2013

  1. Parents and employers to face punishment for forcing children into labour in Tajikistan

    30 July 2013

  2. Russia’s Labour Ministry: over 26 million of Russians work in hazardous jobs

    26 July 2013

    Almost half of employed Russian citizens or 26.6 million work in hazardous jobs, the deputy head of the Labour and Social Protection Ministry’s department, Pyotr Sergeyev, told the public hearings on the formation of a healthy lifestyle.

  3. Trade union leaders meet to discuss informal employment

    23 July 2013

    The Pan-European Regional Council of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-PERC) in cooperation with the ILO organized a subregional meeting for trade union leaders focusing on informal employment. The meeting took place in Kyrgyzstan’s resort of Issyk-Kul on July 23-25.

  4. ILO calls for additional job creation policies in G20 countries

    19 July 2013

    With structural unemployment still above pre-crisis levels in G20 countries, the ILO has called for broader and more inclusive job-creation policies to achieve the G20’s shared goal of strong, sustainable and balanced growth.

  5. The first ever G20 Finance and Labour Ministers’ Meeting was held in Moscow

    19 July 2013

    The Joint G20 Finance and Labour Ministers' Meeting was held in Moscow on July 19, 2013. A high-level meeting in such a format was convened for the first time in the G20's history, being an important innovation of the Russian Presidency.

  6. ILO welcomes G20 efforts to boost job creation and growth

    19 July 2013

    At the end of their two-day meeting, Labour and Employment Ministers from G20 countries presented a series of policy proposals to speed up the economic recovery.

  7. Joint ILO and OECD Statement to the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers Meeting

    17 July 2013

    Joint statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría on the occasion of the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting, Moscow, 18-19 July 2013

  8. ILO calls for additional job creation policies in G20 countries

    17 July 2013

    ILO Director-General says that "more can be done" to achieve high employment levels and growth.

  9. Ksenia Yudaeva: labour activation and job creation will contribute to economic growth

    17 July 2013

    Promoting sustainable and inclusive growth and ensuring quality employment - these tasks of the Labour 20 go along with the priorities of the Russian G20 Presidency, the Russian G20 Sherpa and Chief of the Presidential Experts' Directorate Ksenia Yudaeva said at the L20 Summit. "I am convinced that labour activation and job creation will contribute to economic growth", - she emphasized.