Un Official Urges Integration Of Social Concerns Into Economic Recovery Policies New York, Oct 3 2011 6:05PM A senior United Nations official today urged countries to pursue economic policies that take social considerations into account to ensure that the poor, youth, persons with disability and the elderly do not continue …
Global Wage Report Calls for Collective Bargaining, Minimum Wages and Social Protection
Brussels, 15 December 2010 (ITUC OnLine): The ITUC has welcomed the second Global Wage Report from the International Labour Organization (ILO). “Today’s report reinforces what unions around the world have been saying about the economic crisis and the policy responses that governments need to put in place,” said ITUC General …
Nagoya Conference: Valuing Natural Capital is a Central Challenge
PRESS RELEASE London and Brussels, 20 October 2010 Valuing Natural Capital is a Central Challenge for the Nagoya Conference, Major Report Says It is essential to value “natural capital” if we are to avert a crisis in biodiversity, warns Patrick ten Brink of the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) …