International Labour Organization
International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the International Labour Office. The organization received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969. The ILO was established as an agency of the League of Nations in the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I. Post-war reconstruction and the protection... read more
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Afghan children trapped in brick factories to pay off loans
From United Nations Radio Dated 9 February 2012 A new United Nations-backed survey is calling for a strategy that will free bonded child labourers working in brick factories in Afghanistan. The survey commissioned by the UN International Labour Organization (ILO) found that 56 per cent of brick makers...
Speakers raise voice for employees’ rights
From The Nation (Pakistan) Dated 7 February 2012 SIALKOT - The participants of a provincial workshop passed a unanimous resolution demanding security of home-based workers’ rights, and urging the government to endorse ILO Convention C177 and set up an independent commission in this respect. The participants of the conference...
Afghan child labor fears grow as aid dries up
From RAWA.org Dated 7 February 2012 Reuters: Dwindling development aid as the war winds down in Afghanistan means child labor in the impoverished country is at risk of becoming more widespread, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) warned on Tuesday. Half of Afghanistan’s population of 30 million...
The dark hole of modern capitalism
From The Japan Times Dated 5 February 2012 The International Labor Organization last month put out a stark warning about increasingly wretched employment prospects almost everywhere in the world. It wrote: "The world must rise to the urgent challenge of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next...
Bahrain: ITUC Denounces Failure to Reinstate Workers
From Scoop - New Zealand News Dated 1 February 2012 Brussels, 31 January 2012 (ITUC OnLine): In November 2011, the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) agreed to a proposal to establish a tripartite committee to review the mass dismissal of Bahraini workers referred to in the complaint...
ITUC Backs Guy Ryder to Lead ILO
From Scoop - New Zealand News Dated 31 January 2012 Brussels, 31 January 2012 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has announced its backing for ILO Deputy Director General Guy Ryder to succeed Juan Somavia as Director General of the tripartite UN body in the election for the post in May. “The...
Africa needs to create decent, quality jobs in the next decade
From United Nations Radio Dated 26 January 2012 •The world needs to create 600 million new jobs over the next decade, according to the International Labour Organization. In its latest report on global employment trends, the ILO says Africa has had high economic growth rates over the years....
ILO: World Needs 600 Million Jobs within 10 Years
From Voice of America Dated 26 January 2012 International Labor Organization says Africa has many unemployed and working poor
Global development podcast: Tunisia, Egypt and the global jobs crisis
From The Observer Dated 26 January 2012 Unemployment is big news around the world. This week, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said the world must create 600m new jobs over the next decade to address the "global jobs crisis". In this Global development podcast, we look at...
German economic policy helped trigger eurozone crisis, report says
From France 24 Dated 26 January 2012 The International Labour Office (ILO) argued in its annual report Tuesday that the German growth model is one of the main reasons behind the eurozone crisis, in a provocative statement that may have some truth.
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