Solidarity Center Report: 73 Million Young Workers Jobless; Thai Factory Fire Commemorated

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Around the world, 73.4 million young workers will be jobless in 2013 and the number of unemployed young workers is likely to increase through 2018, according to a new International Labor Organization report. In Hong Kong, survivors of last's year's Tazreen fire in Bangladesh, other workers injured on the job, and safety rights activists are holding a press conference today to mark the 20th anniversary of the Kader Factory fire in Thailand, which killed 188 workers, and the current dismal state of workplace safety in Asia. Check out the Solidarity Center website for more on the Global Employment Report.