News and articles
2012
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Press release
ILO to issue annual report on global employment trends and jobs crisis
19 January 2012, Bangkok, Thailand
The ILO will issue its annual Global Employment Trends report (GET) against the background of a lingering jobs crisis and the prospects of a further deterioration of economic activity.
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15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting: “We hope that all the participants will contribute to the implementation of these conclusions …” said Ms Sulistri from KSBSI
05 January 2012, Jakarta, Indonesia
At the end of the 15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) held in Kyoto from 4-7 December 2011, the General-Secretary of the Confederation of Indonesia Prosperity Trade Union (KSBSI), Ms Sulistri Afrileston hoped that the Conclusions adopted during the meeting would be implemented.
2011
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Indonesia: Sub-regional Seminar on Strengthening Union Capacity Overcoming Multiplicity of Unions in South East Asia
14 December 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia
From 12 to 14 December 2011, the ILO’s Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV) organized a regional seminar in Jakarta on Strengthening Union Capacity Overcoming Multiplicity of Unions in South East Asia.
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Promoting basic social protection in Indonesia
14 December 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia
In Indonesia, informal economy workers and employees without contracts are largely uncovered by social security benefits. It is estimated that 54 per cent of the total population does not have access to social health protection (most of the excluded are workers in the informal economy and their families) and 83 per cent of workers do not have access to other social security benefits (old age, death, work injury).
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Indonesian major confederations establish Joint Trade Union Secretariat
12 December 2011, Jakarta, Indonesia
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is organizing a two-day Sub-Regional Seminar on Strengthening Union Capacity Overcoming Multiplicity of Unions in South East Asia” from 12-13 December 2011 in Jakarta. The seminar is aimed to share experiences on how unions can be united on issues of common concerns and discuss ways as well as means to strengthen their solidarity and avoid proliferation of unions.
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Media Advisory- Meeting on findings and recommendations related to garment and shoe factory fainting incidents
12 December 2011, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Media advisory of a meeting on findings and recommendations related to garment and shoe factory fainting incidents organized by ILO-Better Factories Cambodia.
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Beijing: Seminar on Precarious Work
10 December 2011, Beijing, China
The Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV), together with the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) and the ILO County Office for China and Mongolia in Beijing, held a joint seminar on Precarious Work in Beijing from 9 to 10 December 2011.
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News
Former Director of ILO Country Office for Viet Nam Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard awarded Friendship Medal
09 December 2011,
Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard, former director of International Labour Organization (ILO) Country Office for Viet Nam, was awarded a Friendship Medal by Mme Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Vice Chairperson of Viet Nam’s National Assembly on 9 December 2011 in Hanoi.
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Press release
ILO Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting concludes with Recommendations to counter employment consequences of global economic turmoil
07 December 2011, Kyoto, Japan
Representatives of governments, workers and employers from the Asian, Pacific and Arab states have concluded a four day meeting at which they discussed ways the region could prepare to counter the consequences of the current economic uncertainty.
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Press release
Promote basic social protection to help people escape from poverty
06 December 2011, Bangkok, Thailand
Promoting basic social security rights and transfers, essential services in employment, health, water and sanitation, nutrition, education and family-support will protect and empower poor and vulnerable people to work out of poverty. These are the key messages of a recent report,Social Protection Floor for a Fair and Inclusive Globalization, to be presented at the United Nations in Bangkok on 9 December.