German Chancellor and Global Organisations Call for G20 Jobs Action
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the heads of five key international bodies have called for coordinated G20 action to improve growth and employment, boosting prospects for a positive jobs outcome from November’s G20 Summit in Cannes. In a joint communiqué with the heads of the ILO, IMF, OECD, World Bank and WTO, she has called for top priority to be given to “… job-generating enterprises of the real economy.”
Workers mobilise to demand decent jobs – Action in 80 countries
With unprecedented public demand for decent jobs, and pressure mounting on banks and the finance industry, the 2011 World Day for Decent Work today features over 400 actions across more than 80 countries.
Trade unions and civil society organisations call for a firm commitment to decent work in the development agenda.
Today – on the World Day for Decent Work - trade unions and civil society organisations ask for strong commitments at an upcoming High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness for development policies that will ensure decent work for all.
World Day for Decent Work: Youth, Lost in Globalisation?
On the eve of the fourth World Day for Decent Work, during a joint international event organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and the German Confederation of Trade Union’s youth organisation (DGB Jugend) in Berlin, more than 70 young trade unionists from around the world are debating how to promote decent work for young people now that the economic and financial crisis is rising in its second wave.
Extortion by Al-Shabaab in Somalia: 3253 Telecommunications Workers Deprived of a Living
On 2 October, the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab banned the operations of three telecom companies, paralysing the telecommunications system in eight regions of the country. TELCOM Somalia, Nation Link Telecommunication Company and Dahabsihiil had refused to pay the sums of money the militants were attempting to illegally extort from them.