Workers getting a smaller slice of the pie | ILO GENEVA (ILO News) – Workers’ share of national income has been shrinking in most countries, causing public dissatisfaction and increasing the risk of social unrest, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said in a report. “It has affected perceptions of what is fair, particularly given the huge payments some company executives have been getting,” said Patrick Belser, a co-author of the Global Wage Report 2012/13. Simply put, more of the national pie has been going to profits, and less to workers.