All ILO Newsroom content
October 2015
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Industrial relations
Collective bargaining coverage down as a result of the global financial crisis
19 October 2015
New research from the ILO quantifies changes to the coverage of global collective bargaining after 2008. While some countries have experienced increased coverage, most have seen declines.
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133rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
ILO Director-General: Access to labour markets, a powerful engine of integration of migrant populations into societies
18 October 2015
Transcript of ILO Director-General Guy Ryder’s Address to the 133rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) during the Opening Session of the General Debate on “The moral and economic imperative for fairer, smarter and more human migration”.
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World Poverty Day
An end to Poverty by 2030: It can be done
17 October 2015
The theme of this year’s World Poverty Day, “Building a sustainable future: Coming together to end poverty and discrimination”. Statement by ILO Director-General Guy Ryder on World Poverty Day 2015.
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Global Employment Trends for Youth 2015
Highlights of the Youth Employment Trends
14 October 2015
The global youth unemployment rate has dropped to 73.3 million in 2014, 3.3 million less than the crisis peak in 2009. Good news but still a long way to go according to the ILO’s Global Employment Trends for Youth 2015 report.
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Statement
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder’s Remarks at G7 Employment and Development Ministers’ Meeting
12 October 2015
Roundtable 2: Taking on shared responsibility: Vision Zero Fund and capacity development for producing countries
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Statement
Our hearts and thoughts are with victims of Ankara blast
11 October 2015
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Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Decent work and transforming global growth for sustainable development
10 October 2015
Statement by Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General, at the Development Committee in Lima, Peru.
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Greening economies
Climate change is a world of work issue
09 October 2015
Dr. Esther Byer-Suckoo, Minister of Labour for Barbados and chair of an ILO expert meeting on transitioning to a sustainable economy, spoke to ILO news about green jobs and decent work.
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Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF
Reduce inequality, accelerate growth, generate decent work
09 October 2015
Statement by Mr Guy Ryder, ILO Director-General at the International Monetary and Financial Committee, Lima, Peru.
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Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development and Climate Change: What challenges and opportunities for Unions?
09 October 2015
The ILO hosted the Tripartite Meeting of Experts on Sustainable Development, Decent Work and Green Jobs from 5 to 9 October 2015.The following is an interview with Ms. Rulita Wijayaningdyah, General Secretary of the Indonesian Forestry and Allied Workers Union, who expressed her views about the challenges and opportunities for Unions towards an environmental sustainable economy.