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ILO News– Amina* has been teaching for four years and she feels frustrated every day she goes into the government school where she works in Arusha, Northern Tanzania. “We receive a small salary of between US$120 – $190 a month, and when we are in the classroom we have a lot of challenges,” she said. […]
Continue reading …Pew Global Attitudes Project- The economic euphoria in India during the last few years, inspired by the country’s seemingly inevitable march toward double-digit growth, has suddenly soured. Although still relatively upbeat compared with many other countries, the Indian public’s confidence in their country’s direction and future economic growth has declined significantly compared with just a […]
Continue reading …Hiring will be up for new college graduates, according to a new report by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). NACE’s Job Outlook 2013 survey shows that employers anticipate hiring 13% more college graduates from the class of 2013 than were hired from the class of 2012. “While employers are seeking graduates from […]
Continue reading …From the World Bank— Working under the hot Jamaican sun on a noisy construction site is not easy, but the job means a lot to Shernette Chin. “It helps me out with my kids,” says Shernette. “If I didn’t have this job, I don’t know how I would manage.” While individuals value jobs for the […]
Continue reading …A global economic storm is raging, putting a dark cloud over job growth. Several recent reports from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and other observers of the global and U.S. job markets and economy are likely to struggle to grow, at least during early 2013. Like the economy as whole, employment in the United […]
Continue reading …ILO News- The global youth unemployment situation remains critical, with 17.7 million young people – or just more than 16% – unemployed in 17 of the G20 countries for which data is available, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said 3 October 2012. Youth unemployment rates 8-11% in Australia, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico. […]
Continue reading …Bring back the 40-hour workweek. The eight-hour day movement or 40-hour week movement, also known as the short-time movement, has its origins in the Industrial Revolution in Britain. In England, as in other European nations, the rapid development of industrial production in large factories transformed working life. Factory work consisted of long hours and poor […]
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