The Guardian 4 June, 2008
World Day for Decent Work
BRUSSELS: A new website for the World Day for Decent Work was launched today as a special International Confederation of Trade Unions (ITUC)-organised event on Decent Work took place at the annual conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The World Day for Decent Work which will take place on October 7 this year, initiated by the ITUC.
Trade unions around the world will be holding events leading up to October 7, focusing on the themes "Rights at Work", "Solidarity" and "Ending Poverty and Inequality".
"Globalisation is working for some, but hundreds of millions of women and men are missing out," said Ryder. "With the global system incapable even of dealing with that most fundamental of needs, affordable food, the need for a completely new approach to globalisation is more evident than at any time.
The World Day for Decent Work will be a major international mobilisation in the campaign to make decent work and regulation of the world economy a reality in place of the current fixation with so-called market solutions."
The ILO Conference this year brings together more than 3,000 government, worker and employer representatives to discuss a wide range of issues including rural poverty reduction, the latest developments in labour rights and enhancing skills development.
The Conference will also consider strategic challenges in terms of obtaining decent work, as well as host a high-level panel discussion on June 11 on "Tackling the Food Crisis Through Investment, Production and Decent Work".