Labor

ILO""s World Employment Report 2001: Despite Improved Employment Outlook, Digital Divide Looms Large

GENEVA (ILO News) - Despite improvements in labour market performance in industrialized countries and the growing potential of information technology to create jobs and spur development, the global employment picture remains "deeply flawed" for workers in many parts of the world, according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO).

A Dissenting Voice in Labor""s Ranks: Taking Aim at the World Trade Organization

Human Rights for Workers / Bulletin No. V-15 / http://www.senser.com / Robert A. Senser, editor, hrfw@senser.com.

Mexican Workers to Testify at NAFTA Health & Safety Hearing in Texas

Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras December 5, 2000

Report Explores Global Spread of Child labor

New Delhi, November 20 - A report released today by the Global March Against Child Labour shows the shocking exploitation of children in almost every part of the world. From rich country to poor, there seems to be no escape for children suffering in the worst forms of child labour.

Next U.S. President to Inherit Trade Policy Problems

Reuters / Adam Entous and Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The next U.S. president will face a daunting number of trade policy problems -- from ensuring that China meets its market-opening obligations to heading off a trade war with Europe.

U.S. Department of Labor Accepts NAFTA Complaint

U.S. Department of Labor Accepts NAFTA Complaint Over Mexico's Failure to Enforce Worker Health and Safety Laws. Move Could Lead To First-Ever NAFTA Fines Contact: Martha Ojeda Coalition For Justice in The Maquiladoras 210-732-8957

Human Reality Hidden in New Free Trade Deal

By AZIZ CHOUDRY* | September 6, 2000 The Singapore and New Zealand Governments are selling their new free trade and investment agreement as an abstraction, unlinked to people's lives. On Batam, an Indonesian territory 40 minutes from Singapore by boat, I saw the human realities that lie behind the deal.

U.S. Labor Rights Routinely Violated, Says Human Rights Watch

U.S. Labor Rights Routinely Violated, Says Human Rights Watch Workers' basic rights are routinely violated in the United States because U.S. labor law is so weakly enforced and so filled with loopholes, says Human Rights Watch in a new report released on August 31. "The cards are stacked against workers in the U.S.," said Kenneth Roth, Executive Director. "The U.S.

Global Labour Standards Pledge

By Edward Alden in Washington With the prospects for future trade negotiations still clouded by the Seattle protests, governments and multinational businesses are launching a series of initiatives to try to counter the charge that trade liberalisation has threatened environmental and labour standards.

International Conference Against Neo-Liberalism

Green Left Weekly, Issue #411 GENEVA -- Nearly 600 people from all over the world attended three days of intense discussion and exchange of experiences here, June 22-24. The common focus of the participants, who represented some 190 organisations in 62 countries, was the fight against neo-liberalism and in defence of the victims of globalisation.