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ACTRAV - both at headquarters, in the regions and at the International Training Centre in Turin - publishes a wide variety of manuals, brochures and practical guides on a broad spectrum of issues of interest to workers.

Thanks to its close ties with trade union organizations across the world, its presence in the field in various regions and to its training activities, ACTRAV is at the centre of a vast network for information on the trade union movement. This information is placed at the service of the International Labour Office and its constituents and of the public at large through the media, universities and NGOs.

The principal vehicles for this information are in addition to its web pages:

  • Press Releases (ACTRAV Info)
  • Newsletters (Human Rights at Work)
  • Publications

Until recently ACTRAV published the quarterly review Labour Education in three languages English, French and Spanish, devoted to analysis and forward studies. It drew on the best specialists from the world of work and dealt with topics of burning issues.

Starting in 2009 a new ACTRAV publication replaced Labour Education. The International Journal of Labour Research was established to provide a vehicle for disseminating recent research on labour and social policies from trade union researchers and academics around the world. This journal is multi-disciplinary and will be of interest to trade union researchers, labour ministries and academics of all relevant disciplines worldwide - industrial relations, sociology, law, economics and political science. Each focuses on a specific theme and the journal is published twice a year in English, French and Spanish.

Below you will find a list of all ACTRAV publications by year, including the new journal. You can browse by area of interest or region by using the search possibilities in the right column of this page.

Press releases and Newsletters are found by selecting those headings in the left column of this page.

2000

  1. The Governance of Globalisation ILO's Contribution

    01 January 2000

    Interest in the impact of ‘globalization’ has moved beyond the boardroom and banking circles. Today the implications of increased economic interdependence between nations is just as likely to be discussed by a group of workers on the factory floor as it is in the financial press.

1999

  1. Towards an integrated market in South-East Asia: The ASEAN experience The trade union agenda

    01 April 1999

    Labour Education 1999/4 No. 117: The articles which appear in this edition are the fruit of our promise to analyse the experiences of regional economic integration in other continents, in the same fashion as the Common Market of the Southern Cone (MERCOSUR) was addressed in an earlier edition (see No. 109 – 1997/4)

  2. Trade unions in the informal sector: Finding their bearings Nine country papers

    01 March 1999

    Labour Education 1999/3 No.116: The following nine national studies cover four regions of the world and reveal the stakes and problems which the multifaceted informal sector poses for the trade union movement, irrespective of the level of development in the countries under consideration. Without necessarily reflecting our position, the studies are based on the information available and represent testimonies which are worthy of consideration and exploration.

1998

  1. Trade union action: Integrating disabled persons into working life

    01 April 1998

    Labour Education 1998/4 No. 113: The ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities and the ILO vocational Rehabilitation Branch are pleased to present this edition of Labour Education. In jointly producing this edition, both units not only express their commitment to harness their resources in order to give visibility to a category of working people who have not yet received due attention, but also to contribute to the Office’s efforts to address the question of integrating disabled persons into working life through a more cohesive strategy.

  2. Voices for freedom of association

    01 March 1998

    Labour Education 1998/3 No. 112: By a vote of 127 in favour, 0 against and 11 abstentions, the 31st Session of the International Labour Conference held in June and July 1948 adopted one of the most important Conventions in the sphere of labour relations and fundamental human rights: Convention No. 87 on freedom of association and protection of the right to organise.

  3. Multimedia convergence: Breaking the silence

    02 January 1998

    Labour Education 1998/1-2 Nos. 110-111: What silence? It might seem absurd to many to address the question of multimedia convergence as the process affects workers in terms of breaking the silence. For such silence has become strident, and surrounds all the issues connected with the process of convergence.The columns which follow are part of the ILO’s efforts to ensure that the discussions which took place during the ILO Symposium onmultimedia convergence (27-29 January 1997) be addressed in further depth by experts who are close to workers’ everyday experiences of convergence.

1997

  1. Mercosur: The impact of economic integration A case study

    01 April 1997

    The articles in this issue of Labour Education 1997/4 No. 109, make an important contribution to the debate on various labour aspects of this subregional integration experiment. They consist of a number of studies which make multidisciplinary analyses of topics related to the labour market: employment, wages, international trade, labour relationships, labour inspection, social security, vocational training, trade union organization and, of course, women at work.

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