In Defence of Labour Market Institutions: Cultivating Justice in the Developing World (International Labour Organization)
BizKnowledge Watch (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has just published an update of the Global Wages Report 2008/09, which was originally released in November 2008. The present update provides some indicators of wage trends up to the second quarter of 2009 in a number of countries around the world. The study reports that the picture on wages [...]
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Date: 05 Nov 2009 Source: International Labour Organization
The Intelligence Daily (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
() -- The International Labour Organization (ILO) warned Tuesday that global growth in workers’ real wages, which fell sharply in 2008, will decline even more in 2009, despite what is being touted by governments around the world as an economic recovery.
Deep Politics Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
By Andre Damon 31 Oct 2009 Employment costs in the US rose at the lowest annual amount in at least 27 years, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. Stagnant wages and salaries are the outcome of government policies designed to lower the living standards of workers. Over the past 12 months, the Labor Department’s Employment Cost Index rose by 1.5 percent, marking the lowest...
monochrom (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Media reports on the economic meltdown have mainly concentrated on the impact of the crisis on the rich nations, with little concern for the mass of the population living in what used to be called the Third World. The current view seems to be that the setbacks in these "emerging economies" may be less severe than expected. China's and India's high growth rates have slackened, but the predicted...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Global wages fell in the United States and some other wealthy nations in the second quarter of the year, raising questions about whether workers are sharing in any economic recovery, the U.N. labor agency said Tuesday. The International Labor Organization... United States - Labour economics - International Labour Organization - Work - United Nations
beSpacific (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Strategy for gender mainstreaming in the Employment Sector for the implementation of the ILO Action Plan for Gender Equality 2008-09...
Bush Radio 89.5 fm Newsroom (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
By Ofentse Mokae 27 October 2009 The Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) and its Leadership met with the Minister of National Planning, Minister Trevor Manuel yesterday, to discuss the Green Paper on National Planning. The Green Paper that was first introduced in September this year is an important tool by which Government aims to extensively consults with Organised Labour and Business to...
BizKnowledge Watch (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has just published the report, “Private employment agencies, temporary agency workers and their contribution to the labour market.” The study concludes that workers employed by temporary employment agencies have been among the first to lose their jobs as a result of the financial and economic crisis. The biggest temporary job [...]
Green Options (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The 2009 Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Conference begins today and runs through Friday in San Francisco. The theme this year is Reset Economy, Reset World and focuses on a “trio of global crises - the worldwide recession, accelerating climate change, and a collapse of trust in business.” Nearly 500 businesses, non-profits, universities and other organizations are expected to...
BizKnowledge Watch (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The International Labour Organization and the WTO have just published a joint study titled “Globalization and Informal Jobs in Developing Countries.” The report has found that the high incidence of informal employment in the developing world suppresses countries’ ability to benefit from trade opening by creating poverty traps for workers in job transition. This study [...]
Molly'sBlog (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
CANADIAN LABOUR-SASKATCHEWAN: ANTI-UNION LEGISLATION IN SASKATCHEWAN: The following is from the website of the National Union of Public and General Employees ( NUPGE ). It's all about labour legislation that has been introduced by the recent 'Saskatchewan Party' (read right wing conservative) government of Molly's old stomping grounds-the province of Saskatchewan. It's also interesting to note the...
Docuticker (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
The Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Crisis in Labour Markets and Countercyclical Responses (PDF; 675 KB) Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) From press release: Urban unemployment rates in Latin America and the Caribbean reached 8.5% in the second quarter of the [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
The recently concluded 98th Session of the International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) was of special and historic significance. It marked the 90th anniversary of the specialised agency of the United Nations "the principal centre of authority in the international system on labour and social policy".
Netizen News Brief (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Subject: txt intl owg - Whether it was rewarding Jimmy Carter for criticizing the Iraq War or supporting Al Gore in his crusade against global warming, the Norwegian Parliament -- which chooses the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize -- has sought to use the award as a political tool to influence American politics. READ MORE [This organization is nothing more than a one-world-government political advocacy...
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