Decent Work

On 7 November, as the G20 returns to the UK, the agenda is to nurse an already failed economic model back to life, while looking to sew up an unjust international climate deal outside the UN process.

The march saw groups from every part of the political spectrum carry a range of messages about trade justice, debt cancellation, hunger and the MDGs. The overriding message, that the global crisis could not be the excuse to the developed world for reneging on their commitments to the poorest. The spotlight shone brightest on the Spanish government of course, who’s commitment to reaching 0.7% of GNI in aid is being monitored by civil society against the backdrop of a recession and rapidly rising national unemployment.

Hector Bejar is coordinator of the GCAP Peru coalition and is mobilising this weekend.

"The economic crisis threatens the jobs and futures of people everywhere. Decades of deregulation, and the greed and excess of a tiny minority, have pushed the world into the deepest recession since the 1930s. Decent work must be at the centre of government actions to bring back economic growth and build a new global economy that puts people first. "