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Half of global workforce could lose livelihood

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From BBC News


About half of all workers worldwide are in danger of having their livelihoods destroyed because of the pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned.

The figure equates to more than 1.5 billion people.

Covid-19 has infected more than 3.1 million people around the world and killed nearly 220,000.

The ILO says those with informal work arrangements are most in danger - many are in the retail sector, manufacturing and food services industry.

Already, two billion informal workers have seen their wages fall by a global average of 60% during the first month that the pandemic unfolded in their region.

"For millions of workers, no income means no food, no security and no future. Millions of businesses around the world are barely breathing,” said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.

“They have no savings or access to credit. These are the real faces of the world of work. If we don’t help them now, they will simply perish,” he added.


@huckleberryhound said
From BBC News


About half of all workers worldwide are in danger of having their livelihoods destroyed because of the pandemic, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned.

The figure equates to more than 1.5 billion people.

Covid-19 has infected more than 3.1 million people around the world and killed nearly 220,000.

The ILO says those with i ...[text shortened]... the real faces of the world of work. If we don’t help them now, they will simply perish,” he added.
It may very well come to that. We're in uncharted territory.



@mchill said
It may very well come to that. We're in uncharted territory.
Not really, mass unemployment will kill far more people.

We've seen this movie before.


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Why is a comment like this any different from climate change denial, or anti vaccers?


This shut down is simply the flexing of the muscle of the Nanny State. It is a way of letting the people know they are subjects not citizens.


I really wonder how much they did "shut down" during the polio epidemic.

We had a president that died in office with polio. People in those days were tough. They knew their duty. They worked their asses off. And they knew that not working meant starvation.

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@earl-of-trumps said
I really wonder how much they did "shut down" during the polio epidemic.

We had a president that died in office with polio. People in those days were tough. They knew their duty. They worked their asses off. And they knew that not working meant starvation.
Losers!

All they had to do was print monopoly money and live like kings!

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Human civilization has grown immensely at odds with the natural world. Large potentials, mean large catastrophes. Our model of sheltering from the natural world is not sustainable. We will not win.



Nothing like shutting down jobs to drive up poverty. In poor countries you see it immediately.

In the US it will be intetesting to see what happens when bills cannot be paid.


@earl-of-trumps said
I really wonder how much they did "shut down" during the polio epidemic.

We had a president that died in office with polio. People in those days were tough. They knew their duty. They worked their asses off. And they knew that not working meant starvation.
Ahhh yes the good old days of feudal lords and serfs that knew their place.


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It’s not a BBC report it’s a collaborative report from the UN and the ILO, and it’s not advocating the lifting of the lockdown.


The ILO said the dire situation facing the world’s most vulnerable workers should lead governments to urgently extend their bailout programmes to include “targeted and flexible measures to support workers and businesses, particularly smaller enterprises, those in the informal economy and others who are vulnerable”.

Ryder said he hoped governments would recognise that they needed to reconstruct their economies around better working practices and “not a return to the pre-pandemic world of precarious work for the majority.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/29/half-of-worlds-workers-at-immediate-risk-of-losing-livelihood-due-to-coronavirus?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other


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1) the climate's been around for hundreds of years?
2)it was a UN report, would you prefer an article from the guardian?


Between 135 million extra people starving, and 1.6 billion losing their livelihoods... In thinking the UN might be a bit worried about the ol lock down mate.

Not these experts!! When I said believe the experts, I meant those other experts... The ones that agree with me!

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@whodey said
Not really, mass unemployment will kill far more people.

We've seen this movie before.
maybe you should take in a few and show your humanity
or do you have to wait for trump to speak

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