This year, about 10,000 workers are expected to go to Middle East, a potential market for Viet Nam’s labour export in 2008.The figure will include 5,000 workers sent to Quatar, 2,200 to the United Arab Emirates and 2,000 to Saudi Arabia, said the Overseas Worker Management Department of the Ministry of Labour, War Invalid and Social Affairs. Continue reading ‘Vietnam: 10,000 workers to the Middle East’
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Vietnam: 10,000 workers to the Middle East
Published February 27, 2008 asia , global , workers Leave a CommentTags: labour export, migrants, vietnamese workers
Iraq: unemployment becomes an epidemic
Published February 27, 2008 america , asia , global , workers Leave a CommentTags: Coalition Provisional Authority, drastic layoffs, iraqi workers, privatisation, unemployment
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail
Many Iraqi workers enjoyed huge salary increases following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. But unemployment rose more sharply under policies introduced by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). Continue reading ‘Iraq: unemployment becomes an epidemic’
ILO: decent work in the Arab region
Published February 27, 2008 asia , global , governments , workers 1 CommentTags: Arab Labour Conference, decent work, social protection and social dialogue
Addressing the 35th Session of the Arab Labour Conference in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, ILO Director-General Juan Somavia underscored the need to ensure that the benefits of economic growth are translated into social justice for the people of the Arab region. Continue reading ‘ILO: decent work in the Arab region’
