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To: StanX Long who wrote (55068)	11/4/2001 11:31:00 PM
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Sunday, 4 November, 2001, 01:40 GMT Warning of job loss 'tidal wave' Somavia with Kofi Annan: No quick-fix solution By Imogen Foulkes in Bern In Geneva, a major conference on employment has ended with a warning that millions of people across the world face losing their jobs if action is not taken now to safeguard them. Winding up the three-day Global Forum on Employment forum, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said the need to tackle an impending crisis in the global jobs market was now urgent. "The loss of nearly half a million jobs in the United States in the past month shows that the tidal wave has started to move and will end up on everyone's shores," said ILO vice president Bill Brett. news.bbc.co.uk