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January 2011
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News
UN Agencies to launch new report on gender and work in agricultural and rural areas
19 January 2011
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Media Advisory
ILO to launch annual report on Global Employment Trends 2011
18 January 2011
The ILO is to issue its annual report “Global Employment Trends: The challenge of a jobs recovery”, on Tuesday 25 January 2011.
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I-News
ILO and Cardiff University join forces to promote decent work and sector-specific standards and instruments
14 January 2011
The International Labour Organization and the Cardiff University, through its Cardiff Business School, have signed an agreement to collaborate in the promotion and advancement of the social and labour dimension in the industrial, services and maritime sectors.
December 2010
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International Migrants Day 2010
OSCE, ILO launch new study "Strengthening Migration Governance"
16 December 2010
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Labour Office (ILO) have launched a new study on "Strengthening Migration Governance" for International Migrants Day on 18 December.
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News
Cancun Agreement: ILO highlights call for a “Just Transition” with green jobs and decent work
15 December 2010
The ILO praised the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) on climate change for including social and decent work dimensions in the outcome document, signaling broad recognition for a “just transition” to a low-carbon economy with decent work and greener jobs.
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Global Wage Report 2010/11
ILO says economic crisis cut global wage growth by half
15 December 2010
The financial and economic crisis has cut global wage growth by half in 2008 and 2009, says a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO).
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17th American Regional Meeting of the ILO
ILO Director-General calls for quality job creation amid an uncertain economic recovery
14 December 2010
International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Juan Somavia has called for the creation of quality jobs as a key element of an economic recovery that is shaping up to be uncertain for the Latin American and Caribbean region and for the world as a whole.
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17th American Regional Meeting of the ILO
Unemployment in Latin America and the Caribbean fell in 2010 to pre-crisis levels
10 December 2010
“The challenge today is the quality of jobs”, said Juan Somavia SANTIAGO - Latin America and the Caribbean experienced rapid employment recovery in 2010 to pre-crisis levels, but the challenge of improving the working conditions of millions of workers still remains, according to data provided by the ILO, which will hold its 17th American Regional Meeting in Chile next week with delegates from 35 countries of the continent.
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Article
ILO launches new web-based information and assistance service for business: ILO Helpdesk for Business on International Labour Standards
09 December 2010
Building on the success of the ILO Helpdesk confidential assistance service established in March 2009 to help companies implement principles of international labour standards in business operations, the International Labour Office (ILO) has now launched a web-based information service component drawing on all sectors of the ILO. News item, 9 December 2010
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News
ILO and EU to launch new project on improving safety and health at work
02 December 2010
Responding to a pressing need to improve the safety and health of workers, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Union are launching a new project aimed at reducing occupational accidents and diseases in six countries in Eastern Europe (Ukraine and Moldova), Africa (Zambia and Malawi) and Central America (Honduras and Nicaragua).