Globalisation has led to greater economic insecurity for many of the world's people, and governments need to change course to ensure a more secure, happier workforce, according to a report released yesterday.
The Geneva-based International Labour Office has for the first time ranked countries by the security their workers enjoy in terms of income, union representation, safety at work, healthcare, social security and so on.
The ILO has created an economic security index (ESI) which ranks Scandinavia, western Europe and Canada at the top, well ahead of the United States, with many African, Asian and cental American countries near the bottom.
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The US is in 25th place, in spite of being one of the richest countries on earth. Whereas the top-tier members are categorised by the ILO as "pacesetters" in economic security terms, the US, along with Australia, is only in the second tier, dubbed "pragmatists".
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