Tag: ILO

• Friday, June 17th 2011 - 16:52 UTC

  ILO sets out ‘historic’ standards for domestic workers around the world

  

  Government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted a historic set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 16:56 UTC

  UN forecasts unemployment in Latin America will drop below 7% in 2011

  

  The strong economic recovery of Latin America and the Caribbean will make it possible to bring down unemployment significantly from 7.3% in 2010 to between 6.7% and 7.0% in 2011, according to ECLAC and ILO.

• Thursday, January 20th 2011 - 03:34 UTC

  Unemployment in Latin America and Caribbean Falls in 2010

  

  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.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2010 - 05:43 UTC

  Unemployment is going down in Latam but job-quality has become the challenge

  

  Latin America and the Caribbean experienced rapid employment recovery in 2010 to pre-crisis levels, according to data provided by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). However, the quality of jobs now being offered to those made jobless in the contracted worldwide recession over the past two years is fast becoming a problem in itself.

• Saturday, November 20th 2010 - 04:58 UTC

  Tourism industry generates 9% of global GDP and 8% of world employment

  

  The travel and tourism industry is one of the largest and most dynamic industries in today’s global economy expected to generate about 9% of total GDP and provide for more than 235 million jobs in 2010 representing 8% of global employment.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2010 - 03:50 UTC

  IMF warns no financial crisis is over with a “wasteland of unemployment”

  

  The global recession has created a “wasteland of unemployment” that is likely to leave scars on society for years to come, unless action is taken to address the jobs crisis, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned.