!['Above The Game' creator Ken Hoinsky [Kickstarter]](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Above-The-Game-creator-Ken-Hoinsky-223x105.jpg "'Above The Game' creator Ken Hoinsky [Kickstarter]")
Home » Topics » ILO
Ten million children worldwide work as domestic servants
As many as 10.5 million children worldwide work as domestic servants, in what can be hazardous and even slave-like conditions, the International Labour Organization said Wednesday. The UN labour agency said almost three quarters of such youngsters are girls, and that 6.5 million child servants are between five and 14…
World unemployment figures set to rise in 2013
A record 202 million people could be unemployed across the world in 2013, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Tuesday. Five years on from the onset of the financial crisis, unemployment is on the rise again as economies around the world lose jobs and the fragile recovery is threatened…
Worldwide unemployment hits new high: report
Five years after the global financial crisis hit, unemployment numbers continue to soar, with a record 202 million people worldwide expected to be officially jobless this year, the International Labour Organization said Tuesday. Last year saw a clear resurgence of the crisis, the UN’s labour body said in its annual…
Youth joblessness near crisis peak
Youth joblessness is almost back at its peak following the outbreak of the global economic crisis and is unlikely to ease until at least 2016, the International Labour Organization warned Tuesday. The ILO said nearly 75 million youths or 12.7 percent of people aged 15 to 24 will be out…
European unemployment has risen two-thirds since 2010: Report
Unemployment has risen in two-thirds of European countries since 2010 as austerity hit growth and jobs, the International Labour Organisation has said. In its annual world of work report, the Geneva-based ILO warned that the weaknesses in the labour market were becoming ingrained, with high levels of long-term and youth…
Brand new on Raw Story
- John Oliver can’t believe Putin’s amazingly ballsy and blatant theft of Superbowl ring
- Co-founder of Minutemen border patrol group arrested on child sex charges
- World’s poorest will feel brunt of climate change, warns World Bank
- Microsoft reverses course with Xbox One after gamer backlash
- ‘Spanking for Jesus’ movement lets God-fearing husbands feel good about punishing their wives
- Dianne Feinstein: Stop force-feeding Guantanamo prisoners
- Actor James Gandolfini of ‘The Sopranos’ dies in Italy
- Warren on Trans-Pacific Partnership: If people knew what was going on, they would stop it
- Tesla Motors recalls some Model S cars over problem weld
- Where immigration policy intersects with government surveillance
Commentary
Where immigration policy intersects with government surveillance
By Moyers & Company
Parents must teach their children about porn and consent
By Suzanne Moore, The Guardian
Republicans’ latest abortion ban is staggeringly stupid
By Ana Marie Cox, The Guardian
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
