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G20 meeting must be jobs summit says union declaration
16 September 2009
The G20 meeting in Pittsburgh, US, next week must tackle the growing global jobs crisis if real economic recovery is to take place, claims a union declaration released today.
In their Pittsburgh Declaration, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) and the global union federations warned that the global crisis was set to cost 59 million jobs by the end of this year. They predicted that unemployment across Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries could reach 10 per cent in 2010 and increase into 2011. They also stated that the chances of real economic recovery were under severe threat unless urgent action was taken.
The G20, which meets in Pittsburgh from 24-25 September, is being urged to implement the International Labour Organization (ILO)’s global jobs pact, set up an employment working group with the ILO and instruct their labour ministers to meet together and with social partners urgently.
“Governments must do much more to arrest the plunge in jobs as tens of millions of people, especially young people and those in precarious jobs, find themselves facing a future without work. The full impact of the crisis is now being felt by the most vulnerable, and 200 million more people are expected to fall into absolute poverty because of it. Coordinated global action to maintain and create jobs is required, and this has to start with the Pittsburgh Summit. Any talk of recovery has little meaning until people are getting back to work,” said Guy Ryder, ITUC general secretary.
“The G20 must move on several fronts, quickly and with determination,” said John Evans, general secretary of the TUAC. “Jobs must be the first priority, but action on jobs will be undermined without reforms of the financial system, action for development in particular in the poorest countries, and concrete steps to create green jobs and ensure a just transition to a low-carbon future,” he added.
More information: http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/0909t_g20_Pittsburgh_en_2_.pdf
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