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Expats pin hopes on new private sector labor law
Jalīb aš-Šuyūẖ :: Kuwait | 6 days ago
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The scheduled discussion of the amendments to the draft private sector labor law during yesterday's parliamentary session was postponed until Dec 8, 2009 following heated exchanges between MPs and the government and Deputy National Assembly Speaker Abdullah...
Tags: Kuwaitis, Kuwait Times, ILO, labor law, draft law, private sector, sector labor, amendments legislation, Thabet Al-Haroun, Kuwait, Jalīb aš-Šuyūẖ
Czech student wins international letter writing contest on decent work
“When our teacher told us about the competition for young people, it was the subject that attracted me. I think that decent working conditions are vital for a happy life. Everyone in the world should have decent work. That’s why I decided...
Tags: ILO
Czech student wins international letter writing contest on decent work
“When our teacher told us about the competition for young people, it was the subject that attracted me. I think that decent working conditions are vital for a happy life. Everyone in the world should have decent work. That’s why...
Tags: ILO
Is recession over? ILO doesn’t think so
Manila :: Philippines | 21 days ago
Credibility Philippines�The International Labor Organization (ILO) Tuesday questioned assertions that the global economic recession was over since wages continued to drop. In a statement issued Tuesday, the ILO said real wages worldwide declined for a second year...
Tags: real wages, International Labor Organization, ILO, global wages, economic recovery
One dinner that changed thousands of lives
It was a few days before Christmas 1977 and life at the parish of the Holy Trinity in the Western Salvadoran city of Sonsonate was extremely busy. With only two priests to handle the increasing number of baptisms and confessions typical of the Christmas...
Tags: ILO, poverty, entrepreneurship
Why SA labour must avoid the 'gang mentality' approach
Wednesday last week (October 7) provided a classic example of intolerance in the labour movement followed by weasel words and downright lies to cloud the issue. The incident was a parliamentary portfolio committee public hearing on labour brokers...
Tags: labour, labor, ANC, PAC, trade unions, Cosatu, ITUC, ILO, Germiston, brokers, OSD, Christ Kloppers, Eliam Biyela, Henry Isaacs, UWC, New Zealand, anti apartheid
Somalia: addressing the root causes of piracy and warlordism
After 18 years of civil war and state collapse, Somalia’s youth face chronic unemployment, clan conflict and warlordism resulting in a lack of prospects. There have been more than 150 pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa this year, a 50...
Tags: ILO
Climate change in Asia: while awareness is increasing, the water is rising
Gingging Poyo cuddles her baby after a day’s work. The 31-year-old mother is part of the maintenance staff of a lake resort in Jabonga. “I grew up in this place so I decided to settle here with my family,” she says. Jabonga, one...
Tags: ILO
ILO asks Philippines to probe trade union killings
Manila :: Philippines | about 1 month ago
Credibility Philippines�The International Labor Organization (ILO) has asked the Philippines to investigate allegations of murder and abductions of trade union leaders, the head of a visiting mission said on Thursday. The ILO also urged the government to train and...
Tags: Philippines, trade union, ILO
Textiles from Swat valley: A strategy to make ROZ’s work
The idea of Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZ's) was proposed by Mr. Obama in March 2009 to provide duty-free access for Pakistani textiles and apparel produced in certain remote areas bordering Afghanistan. At that time Pakistan's textile industry...
Tags: reconstruction opportunity zones, ROZs, Swat valley, textiles, Pakistan, employment, terrorism, joint ventures, USAID, laborforce, schools, ILO, Taliban, brand, America
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