ILO in the media

2004

  1. Video

    Investing in Every Child

    04 February 2004

    The ILO's report "Investing in Every Child" is the topic of a discussion with author Peter Dorman and others on the BBC World Service.

  2. Video

    Investing in Every Child

    04 February 2004

    Frans Roselaers discusses the ILO/IPEC report "Investing in Every Child".

  3. Video

    World Economic Forum, Davos

    23 January 2004

    CNBC Europe's business correspondent Simon Hobbs interviews ILO Director-General Juan Somavia during the World Economic Forum at Davos.

  4. Video

    Global Employment Trends 2003

    23 January 2004

    The ILO's report "Global Employment Trends" is the lead story on the BBC-TV's premiere business program.

2003

  1. Video

    Russian mine rescue

    29 October 2003

    Norman Jennings, ILO mining expert, is interviewed on the BBC World TV program "Newshour" about the recent rescue of Russian miners. He discusses Russia's problems and progress in dealing with mine safety and discusses factors that might contribute to mining accidents in the region.

  2. Video

    What is the future of Peru's Trade Unions?

    27 October 2003

    Trade Unions and the challenge of freedom of association in Latin America. Dr. Maria-Luz Vega explains to Radio RPP Lima why Trade Unions continue to play an ever important role in the country's economic and social development.

  3. Video

    The world is getting more productive faster

    29 September 2003

    Author of the 3rd Annual Labour Market Report, Mr. Johnson appropriately discusses the global labour trends outlined in the ILO’s report on American Labour Day. He highlights the reasons for the acceleration in productivity in the US and looks at how one might approach improving the productivity and efficiency of individual sectors in Africa and Latin America.

  4. Video

    As the economy moves forward jobs will be created

    26 September 2003

    This is the conclusion of the 3rd Annual Labour Market Report by the International Labour Office. Author of the report, Mr. Lawrence J. Johnson discusses the global labour trends and in particular how the inclusion of technology into the marketplace has enabled the US to improve its productivity. According to Mr. Johnson the question is not whether jobs will be created but how fast and how many.

  5. Video

    ILO TV takes us to Kiev to investigate the corroding health care system

    29 July 2003

    With an economy in transition and high unemployment, universal healthcare for the people of the Soviet Republic of Ukraine is no longer an option. At a time when new studies have uncovered that there is a rise in infectious diseases, namely TB and Aids and now the added threat of SARS, health workers are not only struggling to survive on their poor wages but fearful of falling victim to the same diseases they are attempting to treat.

  6. Video

    Victims of poverty and racial discrimination, the Roma look to the ILO for a solution

    22 July 2003

    According to the International Labour Organization's new report on discrimination in the workplace, the Roma people, also known as Gypsies are victim to the highest unemployment rates in Europe. As ILO TV reports, 90 per cent of Roma people of working age are jobless.