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>T H E J O B S L E T T E R 1 5 6
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>published in New Zealand 19 November 2001
>
>S P E C I A L I S S U E
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>ILO WARNING: A TIDAL WAVE
>GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT FORUM
>CREATING DECENT WORK IN THE 21ST CENTURY
>
>The Jobs Letter is now freely available on the internet at
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>E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y
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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
>
>C R E D I T S
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>ISSN No. 1172-6695
>edited by vivian Hutchinson for the Jobs Research Trust
>P.O.Box 428, New Plymouth, New Zealand
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>Secretary � Shirley Vickery
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>T H E J O B S L E T T E R
>is an essential information and media watch
>on jobs, employment, unemployment, the future of work,
>and related economic and education issues.
>
>The Jobs Research Trust is a not-for-profit Charitable Trust
>constituted in 1994 to develop and distribute information
>that will help our communities create more jobs and reduce
>unemployment and poverty in New Zealand.
>
>Kia taea ai te tangata te whiwhi mahi
>ahakoa ki whea, ahakoa ko wai.
>Our objective is that every New Zealander will have the
>opportunity to be in paid work.
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