News and events on the future of work
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We need more and better social protection
07 September 2018
Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, calls for social protection policies to be reinvigorated, as a key element of the future of work. He was speaking at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting in Argentina.
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Rethink lifelong learning
06 September 2018
A new approach to lifelong learning is needed for the future of work, says Director-General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, in a speech to Education and Employment Ministers at a G20 ministers’ meeting in Argentina.
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Towards the ILO Centenary
03 September 2018
The countdown has begun to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the International Labour Organization. With multiple events and commemorations planned, 2019 will be a year of global celebrations to mark the ILO’s vision of universal peace based on social justice.
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ILO deputy head: The Centenary will be a milestone for the ILO
03 September 2018
With a little over 100 days until the ILO’s Centenary, ILO Deputy Director-General Greg Vines explains where the Organization stands with preparations for the anniversary year.
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Make social dialogue work
02 August 2018
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, praises the commitment to social dialogue and tripartism made by BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - in a speech at the group’s Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting in South Africa.
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Cooperatives can play key role in future of work
17 July 2018
The potential of cooperatives to play a positive role in shaping the future of work was discussed at a national conference in the Republic of Korea.
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ILO to launch new report addressing the looming global care crisis
20 June 2018
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Don’t let the new brutalism shape our future
19 June 2018
In a speech to the World Congress of the UNI Global Union in Liverpool, ILO Director-General Guy Ryder says we need a future of work with labour rights, inclusion, social justice, decent work, sustainability and democracy.
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ILO facilitated National Dialogue on the Future of Work in the Tea Sector in Sri Lanka
15 June 2018
The International Labour Organization Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives facilitated a National Dialogue on the Future of Work in the Tea Sector in Sri Lanka on the 14th June 2018.
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The future we want depends on innovative policies, responsible business conduct and people-centred technology
14 June 2018
ILO head says that “businesses have a central role to play in fighting the global scourge of forced labour”.