U.K. Consumer Confidence Rises to 14-Month High on Optimism for Recovery Jun 30, 2009
The broader measure using International Labor Organization standards increased to the highest since November 1996 in the three months through April. The Bank of England kept the at a record low of 0. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Looking Back: The History of Western Civilization -- New Book Presents a Critical Analysis of Western Civilization History and Its Impact On the World Today Jun 27, 2009
D. at Cornell University with the thesis "Antecedents of the International Labor Organization.". Mr. Follows taught history for several years at New York University. (Primezone Releases)
* UN envoy calls for probe into Peru clash Jun 21, 2009
He called for a committee, with participation from local Indian leaders and an international body like the UN or the International Labor Organization, to establish how the violence broke out and monitor efforts to locate missing Indians. Many protesters went into hiding after the violence for fear of arrest. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
China's mine inspectors bite the dust Jun 5, 2009
China ratified the Mine Safety Convention of the International Labor Organization, but so far few Chinese miners have access to the basic rights specified in the convention. Without an effective work union that can speak for the workers - China's work unions are controlled by the government or the enterprises - miners cannot fight for their own rights. (Asia Times Online)
Seeds Of Child Labor Lie Deep In Uzbek Cotton Industry May 25, 2009
Tashkent pledged to implement the International Labor Organization s conventions banning child labor, and the government set up a special body to watch for any violations of the ban. Those moves were welcomed by children and parents alike. (EurasiaNet.org)
G-2 too simple for reality May 16, 2009
On the occasion of the London summit on April 2, the leaders of the Group of 20 countries declared in their final statement: "We face the greatest challenge to the world economy in modern times." The International Labor Organization estimates that in 2008, the number of unemployed people in the world has increased by 14 million and that 38 million people will loose their. job in 2009 ("The Financial and Economic Crisis: A Decent Work Response, 2009"). (Asia Times Online)
* World News Quick Take May 14, 2009
The survey, which was carried out in March by the governments anti-racism authority Halde and the International Labor Organization, said 28 percent X up from 25 percent last year X of private-sector employees said they had been discriminated against in getting a promotion, a pay raise or some other professional benefit. The figure for public-sector employees, who were polled for the first time, was 22 percent. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
LETTER: 'Employee Free Choice' misnamed, bad policy May 13, 2009
The International Labor Organization and its Committee on Freedom of Association says a secret ballot election is the preferred means for workers to select a union for themselves. Labor unions are pushing EFCA because the union would be able to eliminate secret ballot election in favor of authorization cards. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Sri Lanka's migrant workers secure protection May 12, 2009
The agreement is based on a model developed under the aegis of the International Labor Organization (ILO) and its Bureau for Workers' Activities. It is the first of its kind covering Asian migrant workers in Arab states. (Asia Times Online)
China Earthquake Amputees May 7, 2009
"The greatest risk is that they will be marginalized and perhaps paid to stay at home," said Constance Thomas, the director of the China office of the International Labor Organization. Perhaps the grown-ups will be able to learn from Sichuan's children - that surviving the unimaginable can offer up strength they never knew they had. (CBS News -- World)
China set to repatriate Mexicans as flu fears ease May 5, 2009
An International Labor Organization official, Jean Maninat, said the flu epidemic would hurt employment in Latin America, hitting tourism and airline sectors the hardest. European finance ministers said they saw no evidence the H1N1 flu was hurting Europe's economy. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Censorship Indeed May 2, 2009
This was as a result of international media reports that Ghanaian cocoa farmers were using children as laborers in their daily activities and since the International Labor Organization (ILO) frowns on the use of children as labor Ghanas cocoa which is the countrys major foreign exchange earner stood the risk of a possible ban in the international market. One can just imagine the consequences it would have had on our fragile economy. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Gambia: May Day Reflections [editorial] Apr 30, 2009
Each year, the rest of the world joins the International Labor Organization to remember the plight of workers across the globe and those who struggle to ensure that the working class is not alienated exploited at work. In The Gambia, it has been traditional for all the workers to converge at one place to rejoice among themselves and reflect on the prevailing peace, progress and prosperity flourishing in the country. (allAfrica.com)
Medvedev highlightsconcern on jobless Apr 29, 2009
5%) of the economically active population qualified as unemployed under the International Labor Organization (ILO) standards. Meanwhile, only 2. (Asia Times Online)
Can These Jobs Be Saved? Apr 4, 2009
The International Labor Organization (ILO) predicts that 38 million people around the world could lose their jobs this year alone, sending unemployment rates in Europe and the U.S. into double digits for the first time in years and slowing or in some places reversing the massive jobs growth of recent years in Asia. Alarmed by the social and political consequences, governments, companies and labor unions in countries across the globe are scrambling to put in place a range of measures aimed at... (Time.com)
Global recession takes toll on Filipino emigrants Mar 26, 2009
"There is declining demand for labor, and that is going to reduce demand for migrant workers," said Steven Kapsos, an economist at the International Labor Organization. A drop in remittances is expected to squeeze the Philippine economy as migrants' families tighten their belts. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
G8 social summit to focus on unemployment issues Mar 26, 2009
Representatives from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) will also attend the meeting. OECD's Secretary-general Angel Gurria said last month that his organization would provide an analysis on the social effects of the economic crisis for this meeting. (Xinhuanet, China)
Ship-breaking booms in the economic bust Mar 25, 2009
"By any standards, the demolition of ships is a dirty and dangerous occupation," the International Labor Organization said in a report, which estimated that India's ship-breaking and recycling industries directly and indirectly employed half a million people. "The feasibility of ship-breaking is largely determined by the price of scrap metal. The race is to find countries where occupational health and safety standards are not enforced.". (International Herald Tribune)
Slowdown brings bounty to Indian ship breaking town Mar 24, 2009
"By any standards, the demolition of ships is a dirty and dangerous occupation," the International Labor Organization said in a report, which estimates India's ship breaking and recycling industries directly and indirectly employ half a million people. "The feasibility of ship breaking is largely determined by the price of scrap metal. The race is to find countries where occupational health and safety standards are not enforced.". (Scientific American)
Drop in clothes sales ripples through Cambodian garment factories Mar 24, 2009
The monitoring of work conditions by the International Labor Organization helped lure companies like Adidas, Nike and Gap, which were eager to avoid the bad publicity of sweatshops. Cambodias entry into the World Trade Organization in 2004 provided another lift. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Global trade slump hits Asian labor Mar 24, 2009
But even if exporters like Thailand did devalue, there's so little global demand for their goods that it probably wouldn't help, says Steve Kapsos, an economist at the International Labor Organization in Bangkok. The glass that Visut made went to foreign-owned automakers in Rayong, which calls itself the "Detroit of the East." Over half of the 1. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
David Brooks: Perverse cosmic myopia Mar 21, 2009
The U.N.'s International Labor Organization projects between 30 million and 50 million job losses worldwide. Central European countries are teetering; Japan's economy is horrifying; and the Chinese job creation machine is losing the race against its demographic pressures. (International Herald Tribune)
Reports show more weakness in U.K. economy Mar 19, 2009
The wider International Labor Organization measure of unemployment rose by 165,000 in the three months to January, to 2. 029 million, the highest number since the governing Labor Party came to power in 1997. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
British unemployment rises most since at least 1971 Mar 19, 2009
5%, the British jobless rate based on International Labor Organization standards compares with 8. 1% in the US and 8. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Letter from Europe Mar 14, 2009
Manuel Salazar, a Costa Rican who heads the employment sector at the International Labor Organization, was also blunt about the effects of crisis on Africa. "It is very clear that the crisis will reverse the modest gains," he said. (International Herald Tribune)
Workers demand severance pay after firms go bankrupt Mar 11, 2009
In January, the Indonesian Employers' Association (Apindo) warned that up to 10,000 workers would be laid off between December 2008 and January 2009, with the International Labor Organization (ILO) predicting more than 170,000 Indonesians would lose their jobs this year. Post Your Comments. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Global Slump Could Trigger Global Chaos Experts Mar 10, 2009
Meanwhile, the International Labor Organization is predicting that the global financial crisis will wipe out 30 million jobs worldwide in 2009. In the worse case scenario, as many as 50 million jobs could be lost. (Newsmax)
It's Not Easy Getting Green Jobs Mar 8, 2009
A study by the International Labor Organization, the U.N. Environment Program determined that approximately 2. 3 million people worldwide had found new jobs in the renewable energy sector in recent years, and that nearly 8. (Time.com)
Abruptly, expatriate bankers are cut loose Mar 5, 2009
About 325,000 financial services jobs have been cut worldwide since August 2007, according to the International Labor Organization, and many banks reduced their bonuses by as much as 80 percent or cut them completely. While there are no specific figures on the number of expatriate bankers who have been laid off, the cuts have been widespread. (International Herald Tribune)
ASEAN rights and wrongs Feb 28, 2009
A 2009 Global Employment Trends report by the International Labor Organization (ILO) said that due to a reliance of many Southeast Asian countries on manufacturing exports, foreign direct investment, tourism and foreign remittances, the region is highly vulnerable to a prolonged recession in the developed world. Southeast Asia will also be increasingly impacted by economic slowdowns in China and India. (Asia Times Online)
Welding their way abroad Feb 25, 2009
There are only 16 people in each class, following the International Labor Organization (ILO) standard of eight to 16 people per training class. People can register at anytime, he said. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- City)
Recession idles Dubai laborers Feb 25, 2009
Worker advocacy groups, including the United Nations' International Labor Organization, have stepped up pressure for wider protections covering the hundreds of thousands of unskilled construction workers, mostly from South Asia, who flooded Dubai and other Gulf boomtowns and now face the fallout from leaner times ... "The system needs to be revamped. Otherwise, expect the exploitation to continue," said Azfar Khan, a senior economist and expert on Gulf labor issues at the International Labor... (Insight on the News)
LETTER: U.S. should withdraw from NAFTA obligations Feb 23, 2009
The charge is based on the fact that North Carolina maintains right-to-work laws against collective bargaining, which are in violation of the standards issued by the United Nation s International Labor Organization. At first it might be tempting to conclude that using a group of Mexican and Canadian labor unions to bring charges in a NAFTA tribunal against the labor laws maintained by the State of North Carolina is nothing more than a publicity stunt by local U.S. unions. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
* Crisis could make 140m Asians poor: ILO Feb 19, 2009
The crisis could also slow rural to urban migration, with many facing the prospect of returning to low-paid agricultural jobs as factories and firms lay off workers, the International Labor Organization (ILO) report said. And as unemployment rises, it is imperative for countries in the region to use fiscal stimulus packages for safety nets to prevent widespread social unrest from erupting, officials said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Nations wrestle with mounting job losses Feb 16, 2009
Worldwide job losses from the recession that started in the United States in December 2007 could hit a staggering 50 million by the end of 2009, according to the International Labor Organization, a U.N. agency. The slowdown has already claimed 3. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Around the world, a bleak jobs picture Feb 15, 2009
From December 2007, when the recession began in the United States, to the end of 2009, worldwide job losses could hit a staggering 50 million, according to the International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency based in Geneva. High unemployment rates, especially among the youngest in the work force, have led to riots in Latvia, Lithuania, Greece and Bulgaria and contributed to major protests in Britain and France. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
UN Says Human Trafficking Appears To Be Worsening Feb 14, 2009
5 million, according to the International Labor Organization. UNODC chief Antonio Maria Costa told a news conference at UN headquarters in New York that 40 percent of the countries where the problem exists have not convicted one person of trafficking charges. (RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty)
Best stimulus: fair trade Feb 12, 2009
"The average U.S. worker produces $63,885 of wealth per year, more than their counterparts in all other countries, the International Labor Organization said in its report. Ireland comes in second at $55,986, followed by Luxembourg at $55,641, Belgium at $55,235, and France at $54,609.". And it's not just because we work longer. (The Augusta Chronicle)
* MOFA thanks EU parliament for its support of Taiwan Feb 8, 2009
MOFAs Web site said the parliament welcomes the rapprochement between China and Taiwan; considers Taiwan as an economic and commercial entity, which is the EUs 4th largest trade partner in Asia; supports Taiwans participation as observer in relevant international organizations where this does not require statehood, such as the International Labor Organization. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
