Labor Ministers Trade Job-Creation Ideas, But No Enforcement

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Labor ministers from the world's 20 largest economies sent five principles for creating jobs and re-crafting the world economy to their nations' presidents and prime ministers.  But those ideas won't be considered by the top brass for another two months -- and there's no way to enforce them. The recommendations were announced by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis at a press conference following the G-20 labor ministers' summit in Washington on April 20-21. (DOL workers picketed outside the meeting, calling for a more family-friendly "core hour" work schedule). Solis met with U.S. labor and business leaders -- including AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka -- the day before the summit opened. Click here for the full report. - Mark Gruenberg PAI Staff Writer; photo: Argentinean Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security Carlos Alfonso Tomada speaks next to US Labor Secretary Hilda Solis at a news conference at the G20 Labor Ministers’ Summit on Wednesday; photo courtesy Associated Press