ILO in the media
2012
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BBC
'Further austerity in the EU could increase jobs losses by 4.5mn" warns ILO
11 July 2012
ILO's Vincenzo Spiezia, Senior Economist at the International Institute for Labour Studies, warned the EuroZone is far from a jobs recovery. Spiezia told the BBC's evening news if firms that had retained workers in the hope of recovery start laying off employees, an additional 4.5 million jobs could be lost in the next 4 years. He urged the banking system to support investment, along with aid from governments and the European Central Bank.
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BBC
Jobs crisis in the EuroZone: BBC World Business Report talks to Raymond Torres
11 July 2012
The EuroZone could lose up to 4.5 million jobs lossin the next 4 years according to a report from the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies. Director Raymond Torres told BBC World TV's main business program that lack of access to credit for small firms is one of the major factors hampering recovery. A 'youth job guarantee' could also help tackle youth unemployment.
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CNN
ILO Chief calls for immediate action to tackle unemployment
10 July 2012
In an interview with CNN's 'Quest means Business', ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia, discusses the threat of an additional 4.5 million jobs that could be lost in the EuroZone over the next 4 years. Somavia stressed how jobs have to be at the heart of recovery, and emphasised the need to focus on jobs creation for youth.
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Audio
ILO Chief discusses with BBC Radio the transition to a greener economy and the way forward
22 June 2012
BBC World Service interviewed the ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia, at the Rio+20 Summit, on the transition to a greener economy.
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Video
ILO reveals 21 million people trapped in forced labour
03 June 2012
Al Jazeera News reports on the growing number of forced labour victims released by the ILO. Beate Andrees, Head of the Special Action Program is interviewed on the ILO's call to action and strategy to combat the global issue.
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World Radio Switzerland
New ILO head on jobless youth: 'They need answers'
01 June 2012
Austerity is gripping Europe—unemployment is at record levels and the battle between government and the worker has never been fiercer. Not the best time to be taking over leadership of the International Labour Organization—the UN’s agency to oversee global labour standards. But it’s the task Guy Ryder has taken on after being elected as the ILO’s new director general at the 101st session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva this week. WRS’s Dave Goodman talks to him about the challenges:
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Video
ILO Forced Labour Figures "Alarming"
01 June 2012
The CNN Freedom Project reports on alarming new figures released by the ILO on victims of forced labour around the world. Beate Andrees, head of the ILO's Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour discusses difficulty in estimating the extent of the problem and how the ILO determined its new numbers with CNN anchor Kristi Lu Stout.
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Video
ILO warns of youth unemployment 'crisis' and EU is among worst hit - BBC World Business Report
23 May 2012
Almost 13% of young people worldwide are out of work, and their situation is unlikely to improve for four years, the report "Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012" by the International Labour Organization (ILO) says. It warns of a "crisis" with more than six million people so disillusioned they have given up looking for work.
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Video
BBC World TV News on the alarming level of global unemployment
30 April 2012
BBC News reports on the alarming global unemployment picture affecting young European workers. ILO's Raymond Torres says growth and employment strategies have helped other countries cope during the economic crisis.
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Video
BBC World Business Report talks to Raymond Torres about austerity
30 April 2012
Raymond Torres, Director of the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies, warns of the harmful effects of austerity measures on an already alarming employment crisis.