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23 October, 2001In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks against the USA, repercussions on jobs in the aviation and tourism industries have taken on crisis proportions.
GENEVA: The International Labour Office is holding a series of meetings this week to assess the economic crisis in the aviation and tourist sectors following the terrorist attacks of September 11 in the United States. These sectors are particularly hard hit as they were already in a slump due to the global economic downturn. Since the attacks, there have been hundreds of thousands of layoffs worldwide, and it is expected that, in the long-term, the crisis for jobs and companies in this sector will worsen.
On October 25-26, the ILO will bring together government, employer and worker representatives to determine the situation for the tourism industry -- where, due to security concerns, the ILO says it has already registered a decline of 5 to 20 per cent -- and address ways to help ease the impact.
On October 29-30, independent and industry experts as well as representatives of airlines and unions will come to Geneva for the ILO's "Think Tank Meeting on the Impact of the September 11 Events for Civil Aviation". With some 200,000 jobs expected to disappear in the aviation sector, participants will analyse the industry and address possible strategies for a response to the crisis.
Earlier this month, the ILO's director-general, Juan Somavia, travelled to Canada and the U.S. to urge the countries of the Americas to confront growing human insecurity in the workplace resulting from the global economic downturn and attacks on the U.S. The ILO director-general said that "unemployment, layoffs and lack of social protection have underpinned a deep human insecurity about the future." Somavia believes the horrific events in the United States have given a new dimension to international policy coherence, and it is time for creative thinking and action to improve the outlook for workers everywhere.
On October 25-26, the ILO will bring together government, employer and worker representatives to determine the situation for the tourism industry -- where, due to security concerns, the ILO says it has already registered a decline of 5 to 20 per cent -- and address ways to help ease the impact.
On October 29-30, independent and industry experts as well as representatives of airlines and unions will come to Geneva for the ILO's "Think Tank Meeting on the Impact of the September 11 Events for Civil Aviation". With some 200,000 jobs expected to disappear in the aviation sector, participants will analyse the industry and address possible strategies for a response to the crisis.
Earlier this month, the ILO's director-general, Juan Somavia, travelled to Canada and the U.S. to urge the countries of the Americas to confront growing human insecurity in the workplace resulting from the global economic downturn and attacks on the U.S. The ILO director-general said that "unemployment, layoffs and lack of social protection have underpinned a deep human insecurity about the future." Somavia believes the horrific events in the United States have given a new dimension to international policy coherence, and it is time for creative thinking and action to improve the outlook for workers everywhere.