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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 […]
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 …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 …How Jobs Are Transforming Societies Around The World
04/10/2012 Comments Off on How Jobs Are Transforming Societies Around The World
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 …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 …Skilled Workers In Ireland Recruited By Canadian Companies
29/02/2012 Comments Off on Skilled Workers In Ireland Recruited By Canadian Companies
Canadian companies are taking advantage of Ireland’s economy, which reeling from a prolonged financial crisis, by actively recruiting skilled workers. The Star Phoenix newspaper in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Ca., reports that at least 26 firms from the province were taking a trip to attend the Working Abroad Expo in Dublin, Ireland, and then traveling to Cork […]
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