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Former Global Union Leader To Head UN Labour Body
yahoo.com 1 day, 15 hours agoGENEVA (Reuters) - Former global trade union leader Guy Ryder, a strong proponent of growth as a way out of the European and world economic crisis, was elected on Monday as next Director General of the United Nations' International Labour Organisation (ILO). In a final ballot after seven people had been eliminated, Ryder, a Briton, defeated French candidate Gilles de Robien, a government minister under former president Nicolas Sarkozy, by 30 votes to 26 in the ILO's 56-member Governing Council. ...
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Argentina: Controversy Surrounding Labour Conditions In Production Of Yerba Mate
globalvoicesonline.org 5 days, 2 hours agoThe Province of Misiones, which features one of the natural wonders of the world, the recently selected Iguazú falls , is a current area of controversy concerning working conditions of the employees in the cultivation of the popular yerba mate in Argentina. Yerba mate was the centre of controversy in March of 2011 when the Federal Administration of Public Income ( AFIP , an entity in charge of implementing policies enforced by the Executive arm of government in taxation, imports and exports, and collection
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