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ILO chief warns nonstop crises jeopardize labor market advances

Worker protections against effects of climate change and biological hazards are on the labor conference's agenda.

Participants await the 112th International Labor Conference in Geneva
Participants await the 112th International Labor Conference in Geneva (AN/Violaie Martin/ILO)

GENEVA (AN) — The U.N. labor agency's chief opened its annual conference warning that recent workforce advances are threatened by a barrage of geopolitical crises.

Global GDP growth of 3.2% is forecast over the next year and a half along with inflation falling to 4.4% and a slight drop in unemployment to 4.9%, said Gilbert Houngbo, director-general of the International Labor Organization, marking the return to pre-pandemic levels of economic activity.

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