MA in Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge. 1981-85, Assistant, Trades Union Congress, UK; 1985-88, Secretary, Industry Trade Section, International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees; 1988-98, Assistant Director then Director, Geneva Office, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU); 1998-99, Director, Bureau For Workers' Activities, International Labour Organization (ILO); 1999-2001, Director, Office of the Director-General, ILO; 2002-06, General Secretary, ICFTU then General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); 2010-12, Executive Director, ILO; since 2012, current position.
People with disabilities – estimated to be about 15% of the world population – constitute a largely untapped pool of talent in the labour market. And they face a high risk of being margin...
Traditionally, boosting growth has been seen as the best way to create job opportunities and raise living standards. But governments should now look at this the other way around: by bette...
Humankind’s insatiable demand for electronic devices is creating the world’s fastest-growing waste stream. Some forms are growing exponentially. The United Nations calls it a tsunami of e...
Le rapport 2018 sur l'avenir de l'emploi du Forum économique mondial est signe d’encouragement. Les résultats de l'enquête montrent que le point de vue des entreprises concernant l'impact...
El Informe del Foro Económico Mundial de 2018 sobre el Futuro del empleo ofrece algunas motivos de aliento. Según los resultados de la encuesta, la perspectiva empresarial sobre cómo la t...
The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2018 gives some cause for encouragement. The business perspective on how technology will affect growth and job creation is becoming more p...
The United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda commits us to “leave no one behind”, while the International Labour Organization’s goal of “Decent Work for All” embraces the same p...
Every two years the International Labour Organization produces a report on labour-market trends for young people. It’s called the Global Employment Trends for Youth (GET Youth) and the mo...
