The International Labour Organization warns that 67 million youth aged 15-24 faced unemployment last year at 12.4 percent, reversing pandemic-era improvements and reflecting declining job quality amid weak economic growth and technological disruption.
Argentina's industrial union chief warned at the International Labor Conference that technology alone won't improve well-being without productivity gains and formal job creation, while noting the country's 43 percent informality rate and stagnant private employment over 15 years.
The UN labour agency reported rising global youth unemployment rates, citing artificial intelligence advancement as a significant threat to job opportunities for younger workers in an increasingly automated economic landscape.
The International Labour Organization warned that Middle East conflict escalation risks deteriorating global labor markets by intensifying existing vulnerabilities including informality and extreme poverty, affecting 284 million workers in extreme poverty and 2.1 billion informal workers worldwide.
The International Labour Organisation launched the Just Transition Policy Gateway, a global platform providing policymakers with practical tools and lessons to balance decent work, social protection, and environmental sustainability during ecological transitions.