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Minimum Wages Key To Cutting Working Poverty, Says ILO
12/01/2013 Comments Off on Minimum Wages Key To Cutting Working Poverty, Says ILO
ILO News– The International Labour Organization (ILO) has called on its 185 member states to adopt minimum wages as a way of reducing working poverty and providing social protection for vulnerable employees. “Minimum wages help protect low-paid workers and prevent a fall in their purchasing power, which in turn hurts domestic demand and the economic […]
Continue reading …An Invisible Maid Army, 52 Million Domestic Workers Toil Worldwide
09/01/2013 Comments Off on An Invisible Maid Army, 52 Million Domestic Workers Toil Worldwide
ILO News– At least 52 million people around the world – mainly women – are employed as domestic workers, according to the first research of its kind conducted by the International Labor Organization. They account for 7.5% of women’s wage employment worldwide and a far greater share in some regions, particularly Asia and the Pacific […]
Continue reading …Wages Shrink Worldwide, Workers Getting A Smaller Slice Of The Pie
04/01/2013 Comments Off on Wages Shrink Worldwide, Workers Getting A Smaller Slice Of The Pie
ILO News– Workers’ share of national income has been shrinking in most countries, causing public dissatisfaction and increasing the risk of social unrest, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said in a new report. “It has affected perceptions of what is fair, particularly given the huge payments some company executives have been getting,” said Patrick Belser, […]
Continue reading …Wage Growth Slows Globally Despite Increases In Emerging Nations
04/01/2013 Comments Off on Wage Growth Slows Globally Despite Increases In Emerging Nations
ILO News– Wage growth remains far below pre-financial crisis levels globally and has fallen into the red in developed countries, despite continuing increases in emerging economies, according to an International Labour Organization (ILO) report. Global monthly wages* grew by 1.2% in 2011, down from 3% in 2007 and 2.1% in 2010, the Global Wage Report 2012/13 says. […]
Continue reading …ILO Names Five Worst Nations For Suppressing Labor Organizing
05/12/2012 Comments Off on ILO Names Five Worst Nations For Suppressing Labor Organizing
ILO News– The International Labour Organization has named Argentina, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Fiji and Peru – out of 32 cases examined – as the most serious violators freedom of association and labor organizing. The ILO Committee on Freedom of Association examined cases concerning employers’ and trade unions’ rights to organize, collective bargaining and social dialogue. The […]
Continue reading …Maternity Protection Not Just A Personal Issue
05/12/2012 Comments Off on Maternity Protection Not Just A Personal Issue
Discrimination Claims The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission in Canada says that one in ten workplace complaints of discrimination is related to pregnancy. Pregnancy-related discrimination claims in the United States have jumped by 35 per cent in the last decade. Since 2001, US courts have paid out $150 million in damages in pregnancy discrimination cases. ILO […]
Continue reading …International Day Of The Girl Child: ILO Calls For Equal Treatment
11/10/2012 Comments Off on International Day Of The Girl Child: ILO Calls For Equal Treatment
ILO News- Around 88 million of the world’s child laborers are young girls under 18. Many are in the lowest paid, least secure jobs. They find themselves constrained by gender inequality at home and in the workplace. Others who work in the home remain invisible and unaccounted for. Guy Ryder, International Labour Organization director-general, has […]
Continue reading …World Teachers Day: Teachers Worldwide Struggle To Educate Future Workers
06/10/2012 Comments Off on World Teachers Day: Teachers Worldwide Struggle To Educate Future Workers
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 …Youth Unemployment Still In Critical Condition In G20 Nations, ILO Reports
03/10/2012 Comments Off on Youth Unemployment Still In Critical Condition In G20 Nations, ILO Reports
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 …Guy Ryder Becomes 10th ILO Director-General
02/10/2012 Comments Off on Guy Ryder Becomes 10th ILO Director-General
Outgoing International Labor Organization (ILO) head, Juan Somavia, has handed over his job to Guy Ryder, who took office as the Geneva-based United Nations agency’s director-general on 1 October 2012. Ryder received three keys symbolizing the ILO’s structure, from outgoing ILO head, Juan Somavia. “You are now the guardian of our values and our traditions,” […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill