The world of work, which was upset by the Covid-19 pandemic, “cannot stay the same” after this crisis, said the head of the UN on Friday, who made a grim observation of the current state employment as the world is just beginning to recover from the pandemic.
"The pandemic has revealed huge deficiencies, weaknesses and fracture lines in the light of day," said United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a message on the UN executive brief. on: “Covid-19 and the world of work”.
According to him, "no worker, no worker, no company on the planet has been spared", while hundreds of millions of jobs have been lost.
Those who do hard work in the informal economy, often without any labor rights or social protection, would have suffered a 60% drop in income in the first month of the crisis alone, a noted Mr. Guterres.
Women in particular have been hit very hard, he said, noting that women work in many of the most severely affected sectors, while providing most of the unpaid care, the burden of which has increased. considerably weighed down.
“Young people, people with disabilities and many others face enormous difficulties. A multitude of small and medium-sized businesses that drive the global economy may not survive, ”added the UN chief, warning that the crisis in the world of work is only“ reviving a home already burning with discontent and anxiety ”.
Massive unemployment and the loss of income associated with COVID-19 further erode social cohesion and destabilize countries and regions, socially, politically and economically, he said.
But the most vulnerable are likely to become even more vulnerable, and poor countries and populations are likely to be further behind, "said the Secretary-General.
Thus, for Mr. Guterres, the world of work “cannot, and must not, remain the same after this crisis”.
"The time has come to coordinate global, regional and national action to create decent working conditions for everyone, the starting point for a green, inclusive and resilient recovery," he pleaded, saying that, for example, the transition from the taxation of wages to that of carbon would be a great step in this direction.
“By quickly taking smart action at all levels, guided by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, we can emerge from this crisis with new vigor, better jobs and a better, fairer and greener future for all of humanity ”, assured the Secretary-General.
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