A jobless recovery is the scenario that appears from the just released ILO “Global Employment Trends 2010 Report”. International Labour Organization 2010 data on employment trends do not come as a surprise. Still they are frightening as they show that there is no hope that employment rates will return soon to pre-crisis levels. Furthermore employment [...]
27 January 2010 – The mounting number of jobless people around the world has climbed to an historic high with nearly 212 million unemployed last year – or 6.6 per cent of the global workforce – and the situation in Europe is likely to worsen before it gets better, according to a new United Nations [...]
On Dec. 9 the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, an influential Washington, DC-based think tank, released “Rethinking Trade Policy for Development: Lessons From Mexico Under NAFTA,” a study on the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement and related neoliberal economic policies on Mexico’s economy. The study found that in the period since the [...]
Radio Australia | December 15, 2009 Taiwan fears China trade deal could cost jobs Unions in Taiwan say they fear there could be huge job losses if a proposed free trade agreement is signed with mainland China. Talks on the deal are scheduled for next week between senior officials from Beijing and Taipei. The last [...]
Colombian trade unionists on Wednesday asked the EU not to sign an FTA with Colombia due to the human rights violations they believe to have been committed by the Uribe government. Trade unionists and politicians denounced before the European Parliament supposed human rights abuses committed by the government of President Alvaro Uribe, and requested the [...]
Journalist, photographer and author, David Bacon, talks about his latest book, ILLEGAL PEOPLE: HOW GLOBALIZATION CREATES MIGRATION AND CRIMINALIZES IMMIGRANTS. You can purchase the book at: Pdxjustice Media Productions —————- Reviews of the book: Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. In this incisive investigation of the global political and economic forces creating migration, journalist [...]
Media Release ASEAN’s Response to Global Crises Must Prioritise Women The Committee for Asian Women (CAW) is calling ASEAN governments to recognise the labour market disadvantage facing women and to consider DECENT WORK targets for women. The governments should include migrant and informal workers in the labour protection system, as well as invest in social [...]
WASHINGTON – The United States said on Monday it was taking a fresh look at whether South Korea is giving US automakers enough access under a draft free trade agreement, which has been stalled by disputes.The deal, signed in 2007 but awaiting ratification by both nations’ legislatures, would phase out South Korea’s eight percent tariff [...]
We, participants in the Asia Pacific Roundtable on the ASEAN, Labor Migration and Free Trade Agreements, unite in our commitment to advance the rights and wellbeing of migrants (including those considered as irregular), political refugees, asylum seekers and other displaced peoples; ensure that the genuine interests of migrants are upheld in the ASEAN, and; expose [...]
KATUNAYAKE, Sri Lanka, Sep 10 (IPS) – The room is dingy and cramped. The walls are unplastered and its rough cement edges can scrape the skin easily. Furniture is strewn all over the place, plastic chairs stacked one on top of the other, boxes on top of them, handbags hanging from the wall and clothes [...]
