World Day for Decent Work 2012

Sunday 7^th October marked the World Day for Decent Work 2012. It's a day when trade unions internationally campaign together on the need to secure access to work, safely organised and decently rewarded, for everyone.

Every year the International Trades Union Confederation brings together hundreds of activities, publications and campaigns, by their member unions in over a hundred countries, carried out by millions of people.

Report: A Decent Job?

To mark the 2012 World Day for Decent Work, the TUC released 'A decent job?': a report assessing the Department for International Development's (DFID) efforts to secure decent jobs for the world's poor. DFID scores just 25 out of 56 points based on criteria developed from the International Labour Organisation's Decent Work Agenda. You can find out more about the report here.

World Day for Decent work and Youth Unemployment

This year the theme of World Day for Decent Work was youth unemployment. With the global economic crisis still hitting working people hard in every part of the world, young people are amongst the worst affected. In the UK, youth unemployment means we're facing the prospect of a lost generation, unable to access work or meaningful learning opportunities, with many scarred for life by the experience.

Owen Tudor, TUC Head of the European Union and International Relations Department, gives an overview of the situation in Britain in our video, below, which you can also watch on Vimeo and YouTube.

You can find out more about World Day for Decent Work internationally, and the global forecast for young people's employment, at the ITUC's special website for the day https://2012.wddw.org