The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world in ways we could hardly have imagined. Everyone has been affected and everyone has a story to share. At the International Labour Organization, we wanted to hear first-hand from people in the world of work. So, we contacted them and asked:
How has the virus affected their work?
How are their countries responding?
What have they learned from this experience so far?
We spoke to government officials, business owners and essential workers, those working from home and those who have lost their jobs, young people just starting their first job and retirees-turned-volunteers. Their stories paint a gripping picture of how COVID-19 has affected the world of work and what the response has been.
Click on a video to virtually travel from New York to New Zealand, from Dubai to Douala. And come back often as we continue to add more COVID-19 stories from the world of work:
We should create room for cases of emergency. We have to create plans. “What if something happens?”
Anila DenajAlbaniaMinister of Finance and Economy
Richard Wagstaff
New Zealand
President NZCTU
Sonia George
India
National Secretary of the Self-Employed Women’s Association
Grégoire Owona
Cameroon
Minister of Labor and Social Security
Inga Ruginiene
Lithuania
President LPSK
Gerardo Martinez
Argentina
International Secretary of the General Confederation of Labour of the Argentine Republic
Jennifer Ula Fruean
Samoa
President of the Samoa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI)
Derrick Hynes
Canada
President and CEO of the Federally Regulated Employers – Transportation and Communications
Alexandre Furlan
Brazil
Vice President of the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry
Wayne Chen
Jamaica
President of the Caribbean Employers Confederation
Carole Annen
Ticino, Switzerland
Pharmacist
Martina Todisco
Brescia, Italy
Humanitarian aid worker
Natasha Rao
New York, United States
Intern at the Academy of American Poets
Gabriele Laita
Lombardy, Italy
Volunteer for the Red Cross
Olive Chebet Kogo
Marbella, Spain
Student
Audrey Snow
Washington D.C., United States
Realtor
Julie Su
United States
Secretary for the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA)
Joyce Nonde Simukoko
Zambia
Labour and Social Security Minister
Gisèle Ranampy
Madagascar
Minister of Labour, Employment, Public Services, and Social Legislation
Gagik Makaryan
Armenia
Chairman of Republican Union of Employers of Armenia
Richard Trumka
United States
President, AFL-CIO
Lizette Risgaard
Denmark
President FH
Stella Nkhonya
Lilongwe, Malawi
National Coordinator, Malawi Human Rights for Women and Girls with Disabilities
Ngwashi Christabel
Buea, Cameroon
Medical doctor
Anirudh Kumar
Toronto, Canada
Cardiovascular surgical resident
Maria Elena Catelli
Lombardy, Italy
Mayor of Fagnano Olona
Célestin Tawamba
Cameroon
Président du GICAM
Sweta Agnihotri
Mumbai, India
CEO, content syndication at Reliance Entertainment
Hassanain Anver
Dubai, UAE
CTO of tech start-up MyHUBBER
Kimathi Bulumko Toboti
Cape Town, South Africa
ICT services manager
Father Federico Papini
Lombardy, Italy
Catholic priest
Filomena Tassi
Canada
Minister of Labour, Canada
Marie Clarke Walker
Canada
Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Labour Congress
Henrik Munthe
Norway
Attorney-at-Law at the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
Anila Denaj
Albania
Minister of Finance and Economy
Nathalie Muylle
Belgium
Minister of Work, Economy and Consumers, in charge of Poverty Reduction, Equal Opportunities and People with Disabilities
Irakli Petriashvili
Georgia
President of the Georgian Employer’s Association
Mary Liew
Singapore
President of the National Trades Union Congress
Maria Fernanda
Angola
Deputy Secretary General of the National Trade Union of Angolan Workers
Akiko Gono
Japan
Vice President of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation
Farooq Ahmed
Bangladesh
Secretary-General of the Bangladesh Employers’ Federation
Jay Bartlett
Solomon Islands
President of the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Anne Snow
United States
Fashion Designer
Paolo Filipas
Lombardy, Italy
Factory test engineer
Sunny Strader
United States
Visual artist and educator
Roland Kwemain
Cameroon
Chairman at Go Ahead Africa
Richard Wagstaff
New Zealand
President NZCTU
Sonia George
India
National Secretary of the Self-Employed Women’s Association
Grégoire Owona
Cameroon
Minister of Labor and Social Security
Inga Ruginiene
Lithuania
President LPSK
Gerardo Martinez
Argentina
International Secretary of the General Confederation of Labour of the Argentine Republic
Jennifer Ula Fruean
Samoa
President of the Samoa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI)
Derrick Hynes
Canada
President and CEO of the Federally Regulated Employers – Transportation and Communications
Alexandre Furlan
Brazil
Vice President of the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry
Wayne Chen
Jamaica
President of the Caribbean Employers Confederation
Carole Annen
Ticino, Switzerland
Pharmacist
Martina Todisco
Brescia, Italy
Humanitarian aid worker
Natasha Rao
New York, United States
Intern at the Academy of American Poets
Gabriele Laita
Lombardy, Italy
Volunteer for the Red Cross
Olive Chebet Kogo
Marbella, Spain
Student
Audrey Snow
Washington D.C., United States
Realtor
Julie Su
United States
Secretary for the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA)
Joyce Nonde Simukoko
Zambia
Labour and Social Security Minister
Gisèle Ranampy
Madagascar
Minister of Labour, Employment, Public Services, and Social Legislation
Gagik Makaryan
Armenia
Chairman of Republican Union of Employers of Armenia
Richard Trumka
United States
President, AFL-CIO
Lizette Risgaard
Denmark
President FH
Stella Nkhonya
Lilongwe, Malawi
National Coordinator, Malawi Human Rights for Women and Girls with Disabilities
Ngwashi Christabel
Buea, Cameroon
Medical doctor
Anirudh Kumar
Toronto, Canada
Cardiovascular surgical resident
Maria Elena Catelli
Lombardy, Italy
Mayor of Fagnano Olona
Célestin Tawamba
Cameroon
Président du GICAM
Sweta Agnihotri
Mumbai, India
CEO, content syndication at Reliance Entertainment
Hassanain Anver
Dubai, UAE
CTO of tech start-up MyHUBBER
Kimathi Bulumko Toboti
Cape Town, South Africa
ICT services manager
Father Federico Papini
Lombardy, Italy
Catholic priest
Filomena Tassi
Canada
Minister of Labour, Canada
Marie Clarke Walker
Canada
Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Labour Congress
Henrik Munthe
Norway
Attorney-at-Law at the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
Anila Denaj
Albania
Minister of Finance and Economy
Nathalie Muylle
Belgium
Minister of Work, Economy and Consumers, in charge of Poverty Reduction, Equal Opportunities and People with Disabilities
Irakli Petriashvili
Georgia
President of the Georgian Employer’s Association
Mary Liew
Singapore
President of the National Trades Union Congress
Maria Fernanda
Angola
Deputy Secretary General of the National Trade Union of Angolan Workers
Akiko Gono
Japan
Vice President of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation
Farooq Ahmed
Bangladesh
Secretary-General of the Bangladesh Employers’ Federation
Jay Bartlett
Solomon Islands
President of the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Anne Snow
United States
Fashion Designer
Paolo Filipas
Lombardy, Italy
Factory test engineer
Sunny Strader
United States
Visual artist and educator
Roland Kwemain
Cameroon
Chairman at Go Ahead Africa
Richard Wagstaff
New Zealand
President NZCTU
Sonia George
India
National Secretary of the Self-Employed Women’s Association
Grégoire Owona
Cameroon
Minister of Labor and Social Security
Inga Ruginiene
Lithuania
President LPSK
Gerardo Martinez
Argentina
International Secretary of the General Confederation of Labour of the Argentine Republic
Jennifer Ula Fruean
Samoa
President of the Samoa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI)
Derrick Hynes
Canada
President and CEO of the Federally Regulated Employers – Transportation and Communications
Alexandre Furlan
Brazil
Vice President of the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry
Wayne Chen
Jamaica
President of the Caribbean Employers Confederation
Carole Annen
Ticino, Switzerland
Pharmacist
Martina Todisco
Brescia, Italy
Humanitarian aid worker
Natasha Rao
New York, United States
Intern at the Academy of American Poets
Gabriele Laita
Lombardy, Italy
Volunteer for the Red Cross
Olive Chebet Kogo
Marbella, Spain
Student
Audrey Snow
Washington D.C., United States
Realtor
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