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Aboard The Women’s Rights Bus In Pakistan, Ending Harassment of Women Commuters
30/09/2012 Comments Off on Aboard The Women’s Rights Bus In Pakistan, Ending Harassment of Women Commuters
ILO News– Public transport is meant for the convenience of the masses, but this is not always the case in Pakistan, particularly for women riding buses. Women represent 51% of Pakistan’s population. But in a town like Karachi, fewer than a dozen of the more than 60 seats in public buses are allocated for them. […]
Continue reading …Ranks Of Europe’s Low-Paid Public Sector Workers Increase
28/09/2012 Comments Off on Ranks Of Europe’s Low-Paid Public Sector Workers Increase
Low Paid Public Sector Workers In Europe Greece Impoverishment of public employees (fall in wages by 15-20% in 2011 and new cuts by an additional -15% in 2012) due to the abolition of 13th and 14th month salaries, and a cut in the minimum wage. Hungary In 2010, 55% of public employees with less […]
Continue reading …Fiji Stops International Labour Organization From Investigating Union Complaints Of Repression
20/09/2012 Comments Off on Fiji Stops International Labour Organization From Investigating Union Complaints Of Repression
ILO News- The Fijian government stopped the International Labour Organization (ILO) from carrying out a mission to verify complaints of lack of freedom of association made by local trade unions, the ILO said in a statement issued on 19 September 2012. The government had initially agreed to the ILO mission, but then called it off […]
Continue reading …A Temporary Trap? Full Time Work Elusive For Young Workers
18/09/2012 Comments Off on A Temporary Trap? Full Time Work Elusive For Young Workers
ILO News– Temporary work can be a great way for young people to gain work experience while still studying or travelling. But, as the youth jobs crisis shows no signs of abating, temporary jobs have become, in many cases, an option of last resort. The use of temporary contracts for young workers has nearly doubled […]
Continue reading …Crisis In Spain Highlights An Increasing Employment Divide
17/09/2012 Comments Off on Crisis In Spain Highlights An Increasing Employment Divide
ILO News– Unemployment inSpain is rising faster in rural areas than in urban centres and is fuelling social unrest, according to the latest statistics produced by ILO’s International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS). Unemployment in rural areas jumped from little over 8% in 2007 to more than 26% in 2012, while in urban areas it […]
Continue reading …Domestic Workers No Longer A Domestic Issue In Philippines
17/09/2012 Comments Off on Domestic Workers No Longer A Domestic Issue In Philippines
ILO News– Dumaguete City is one of the Philippines’ top destinations for divers and nature lovers. For Aileen Capacite Bulfa, however, it was not the perfect summer getaway. The daughter of a poor farmer, she moved to Dumaguete to become a domestic worker when she was 13. She tried to attend the first year of […]
Continue reading …Apparel Factory Fires Kill Hundreds In Pakistan, Safety Laws Citicized
17/09/2012 Comments Off on Apparel Factory Fires Kill Hundreds In Pakistan, Safety Laws Citicized
Pakistan’s worker safety laws have been criticized after a garment factory fire in Karachi killed 258 workers on 11 September 2012. Another fire the same day in a shoe factory in Lahore, Pakistan, killed at least 25 workers. The fires brought criticism of Pakistan’s government for failing to implement and enforce safety laws in the […]
Continue reading …Stronger U.S. Job Market Seen, Global Unemployment Outlook Grim
27/02/2012 Comments Off on Stronger U.S. Job Market Seen, Global Unemployment Outlook Grim
By ROBERT SCALLY — The outlook for the U.S. economy is mostly unchanged from that of three months ago, according to 45 economic forecasters surveyed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The economy continues to slowly improve, and should keep getting better for the next few years. The overall forecast for job growth and […]
Continue reading …Labor Standards Database Launched By ILO
24/02/2012 Comments Off on Labor Standards Database Launched By ILO
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a comprehensive new database providing open access to the latest information on ILO international labor standards as well as national labor and social security laws. Labor Standards Database The new database, called NORMLEX, provides a user-friendly interface in English, French and Spanish on issues such as the ratification status […]
Continue reading …Record 200 Million Jobless Worldwide, No Improvement Soon
09/11/2011 Comments Off on Record 200 Million Jobless Worldwide, No Improvement Soon
In a grim analysis issued 1 Nov. 2011, the International Labour Organization (ILO) says the global economy is on the verge of a new and deeper jobs recession that will further delay the global economic recovery and may ignite more social unrest in scores of countries. “We have reached the moment of truth. We have […]
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