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The International Labour Organization is looking to transform the world of work with the goals that were established at the Initiative on the Future of Work at the 104th International Labour Conference; these goals will focus on work and society, decent jobs, the organization of work, and production and the governance of work.
The 104th ILC brought in almost 4500 delegates from 169 ILO member states and lasted two weeks. It was presided over by Madam Ieva Jaunzeme who is the State Secretary of the Ministry of Welfare of Latvia. A big issue that many delegates brought up were the struggles of workers in the occupied Arab territories, where unemployment among Palestinians have increased by more than 25 percent.
A programme and budget was also unanimously adopted in the conference for the 2015-17 biennium of US $797 million.
To read more about the specific labour issues within the conference, please click here.
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