Press Release: EU takes action to promote ‘fair globalisation’ at ILO forum

The EU is stepping up its efforts to promote 'fair globalisation' by ensuring that the international community takes better account of the effects of globalisation on people's working lives. Employment and Social Affairs Commissioner Vladimír Špidla will confirm the EU commitment to promote 'decent work' – meaning more and better jobs with welfare protection, equal opportunities and social dialogue – at an International Labour Organisation (ILO) forum on decent work for a fair globalisation in Lisbon on 31 October 2007. To this end the Commission is mobilising trade, development and external policies and will encourage EU Member States to ratify a series of internationally-agreed rules to improve the quality of work around the world.

European Commission: SPEECH/07/676: Vladimír Špidla: Promoting the social dimension of globalisation and decent work http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/07/676&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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