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International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder described global challenges to work and employment when he spoke at the ILR School's Worker Institute in New York City Sept. 27. "The problem of joblessness is now recognized as a key - if not the key - challenge of the future, and beyond that, the issue of inequality," said Ryder, former general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation. The ILO represents governments, employer representatives and worker organizations to create international policy solutions to challenges facing the world of work. In addition to 200 million unemployed people worldwide, he said, his organization focuses on issues related to the working poor, lack of quality work and the growth of inequality and informal work. Ryder was in New York City to attend the United Nations' General Assembly and to discuss the ILO's views on the post-2015 development agenda. "There are big problems out in the world that governments individually and collectively are struggling to address," he said.
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