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ILO / WORLD EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL OUTLOOK
STORY: ILO / WORLD EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL OUTLOOK
TRT: 3:09
SOURCE: ILO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGAUGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 10 JANUARY 2023, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE
1. Med shot, press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“We talk about colleagues that are working yet not able to lift themselves out of poverty, particularly, with this inflationary economy, that may even worsen their situation. So it's important to ensure that they get that living wage, which will allow them to raise and lift themselves up out of poverty so that we can expect a better social justice.”
3. Med shot, press conference
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“We already know that in the post-COVID environment, the people going back to work, that the women workers, they have gone more on the informal sector than the formal economy, which in itself has a direct impact on the quality of the job. But the report is again demonstrating that we have not been able to narrow the gap on the basis of gender and as well as that, the youth. So, we need to continue in the various program, of course, that countries adapt to their own situation and to incentivize or to lift. And the challenge that the women are facing in getting back to the labour market, as well as opportunity created for the youngsters.”
5. Med shot, press conference
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Samans, Director, Research Department, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“The low pay and precarity in certain professions has been driving a lower amount of work that people are engaged in and leaving some vacancies open and contributing to elevated unemployment rates. This is particularly pronounced in a number of sectors, for example, and transportation, truck drivers, cleaners, hotel and food services workers, warehouse workers and the like. And so, one of the important considerations for countries that wish to try to improve performance in their labour markets, to reduce the jobs gap, to bring more people who would like work but have not been able to find it, is to address low pay and poor working conditions in this regard.”
7. Wide shot, press conference
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Samans, Director, Research Department, International Labour Organization (ILO):
“We see in countries like the United States, a historic under investment in in the active labour market policies, which is to say skilling, as well as employment services and income support during that period. And all of these things, the low pay precarity, health issues, aging population, and particularly under investment in skills in a very dynamic and changing economic environment, are some of the most salient issues that will persist and arguably potentially even grow larger in the U.S. and a number of other high-income countries.”
9. Med shot, press conference
Joblessness and the jobs gap have both fallen below pre-pandemic levels but global unemployment will rise in 2024, and growing inequalities and stagnant productivity are causes for concern, according to the ILO’s “World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2024” report.
Labour markets have shown surprising resilience despite deteriorating economic conditions, but recovery from the pandemic remains uneven as new vulnerabilities and multiple crises are eroding prospects for greater social justice, according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report.
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