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published in New Zealand 19 November 2001
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ILO WARNING: A TIDAL WAVE
GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT FORUM
CREATING DECENT WORK IN THE 21ST CENTURY
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* The ILO predicts that 24 million jobs� more than the
population of Australia � will disappear by the end of 2002
because of the global economic slowdown. ILO worker
vice-president Lord Bill Brett also warns: �The loss of nearly
half a million jobs in the United States in the past month
shows that the tidal wave has started to move and will end
up on everyone�s shores��
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15600.htm
* U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan told the Forum that the
aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the United States
went �far beyond peace and security concerns�, and he
warns of �severe and multiple� effects on the job market
and the poor.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15600.htm#annan
* The ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia, argues that
international organisations must confront the fact today
that globalisation is facing a crisis of legitimacy.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15600.htm#glob
* This year�s Nobel economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz
outlines a broad five-point plan for economic revival and
saving jobs.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15600.htm#nobel
* Keynote Speaker Robert Reich says it is the business of
people who are concerned about employment to also talk
about fiscal and monetary policy.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15611.htm
* The ILO is promoting the new policy platform of
�decent work�. It�s a term you are going to hear more
about ...
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl15610.htm
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