July 2010

1. The Global Labour University invites trade unionists and labour activists to apply to a Masters in "Labour and Globalisation" at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

   10 July 2010

2. News: Asian Union Leaders Meet their Counterparts in the Gulf to Discuss Labour Migration

   05 July 2010

3. News: Support for Migrant Workers in Israel

   01 July 2010

June 2010

1. Spotlight Interview with Luc Demaret (ILO-Actrav) Domestic work: « Putting an end to exclusion and exploitation »

   05 June 2010

November 2009

1. Statement of the X Ibero-American Union Summit

   30 November 2009

   Statement of the X Ibero-American Union Summit

October 2005

1. Many workers suffer from hunger and poverty - FAO/ILO/IUF report

   06 October 2005

   Many of the 450 million agricultural workers live in dire conditions

March 2005

1. 28 April 10th International Commemoration Day (ICD) For Dead And Injured Workers World Day for Safety and Health at Work

   22 March 2005

   Employing half of the world's labour force,modernday agriculture is anything but idyllic.Along with mining and construction,it is one of the three most hazardous sectors in industrialized and developing countries alike. Of an estimated 355,000 fatal work accidents per year worldwide, more than half are in agriculture.A disproportionate share of work-related injuries and diseases is also borne by agricultural workers. And child labourers, all too commonly employed in this sector,face particular dangers.

2. Global labour leaders call for release of Nepalese trade unionists

   22 March 2005

   A group of top trade union leaders who are taking part in a session of the Governing Body of the tripartite UN's International Labour Organisation (ILO) went today to the Nepalese mission to the UN in Geneva to express their concern about the situation in Nepal and call for the release of detained trade unionists.

October 2004

1. Advancing fair Globalization

   09 October 2004

   Heidemarie Wieczoreck Zeul, the German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development and Sir Leroy Trotman, the spokesperson of the Workers Group of the ILO welcomed an international group of students,trade unions and academics to the inauguration of the Masters Course on "Labour Policies and Globalisation" earlier this week in Kassel, Germany

July 2004

1. India: Hope Dawns as Women Beat Poverty

   01 July 2004

   In the villages of India, women are organizing against poverty. With the backing of a team from the ILO Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)hundreds of "self-help groups" have been set up. These groups now ensure a trade union presence in some of the most remote areas of southern India.