Publications

2007

1. Decent work for domestic workers

   04 March 2007

   According to the ILO, the many problems facing domestic workers are due to the particular nature of their occupation as well as the inadequate attention paid to their situation in international and national law. Relevant international labour standards would be a big step forward in promoting decent work for all and would provide the ILO constituents with appropriate, timely guidance on policy and practice in this field.

2. Agricultural Workers and their contribution to sustainable agriculture and rural development

   01 January 2007

3. Labour and the Environment: A Natural Synergy

   01 January 2007

2006

1. Human.Rights@Work No 6/06

   18 December 2006

   “Trade union rights are human rights” A regular newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)

2. Human.Rights@Work No 5/06

   18 September 2006

   “Trade union rights are human rights” A regular newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)

3. Human.Rights@Work No 4/06

   11 July 2006

   “Trade union rights are human rights” A regular newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)

4. Human.Rights@Work No 3/06

   29 May 2006

   “Trade union rights are human rights” A regular newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)

5. Human.Rights@Work No 2/06

   02 May 2006

   “Trade union rights are human rights” A regular newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)

6. Social security for all: Trade union policies

   01 April 2006

   This issue of Labour Education 2006/4 No. 145 focuses on unions and their role in developing social security policies, particularly protecting and reforming national pension systems. Included are several country studies by union activists which describe the reforms, challenges and union campaigns surrounding pension systems in their countries. The context for these country studies and the other articles in this issue is the joint ILO, European Commission and Government of Portugal World Conference“Social protection and inclusion: Converging efforts from a global perspective”, held in Lisbon in October 2006.

7. Guidelines for consultations with the Bureaux for Employers and Workers’ Activities

   01 March 2006

8. Human.Rights@Work No. 1/06

   13 February 2006

   “Trade union rights are human rights” A regular newsletter produced by the ILO Bureau for Workers’ Activities (ACTRAV)

9. Labour law: Its role,trends and potential

   03 February 2006

   This issue of Labour Education 2006/2-3,No. 143-144, to which eminent lawyers have contributed,does not really set out to relate the history of labour law, but rather to stimulate some refl ection on its possible role in the globalized world of today. At the same time, we report some developments which suggest that labour law has been drifting away from its basic principle of protecting the weaker party within an unequal contractual relationship.

10. Health, Safety and Environment: A Series of Trade Union Education Manuals for Agricultural Workers

    01 January 2006

    These series of Manuals was developed to help union affiliates representing agricultural workers to tackle health, safety and environmental (HSE) problems, through their training programmes.

11. Globalization and the sectors

    01 January 2006

    This issue of Labour Education 2006/1,No. 142 on “globalization and the sectors”, does not set out to be exhaustive. The Global Union Federations (GUFs) have to battle on many fronts. They encounter problems that are specifi c to their sectors.However, their efforts all feed into a joint approach to the challenges facing the trade union movement in the world today. Those challenges include promoting respect for human and trade union rights worldwide and defending equality, as well as strengthening the ranks of the trade union movement and its capacity to mobilize, negotiate and bring a sectoral approach to bear on the aim of decent work for all.

12. Organizing out of poverty: stories from the grassroots - How the SYNDICOOP approach has worked in East Africa

    01 January 2006

    The ILO SYNDICOOP approach shows that workers can be organized in a way that offers some improvements in their daily lives and provides the voice that workers need.The stories in this publication describe the difference that this approach has made in East Africa.

2005

1. The global challenges of labour inspection

   04 April 2005

   In this issue of Labour Education 2005/3-4 No. 140-141, labour inspectors and ILO experts suggest possible paths towards more effi cient labour inspection. How can changes in the world of work be taken into account? How can the new challenges be taken up? How can energies be channelled into achieving maximum impact?

2. Fight Poverty – Organize!

   02 January 2005

   In this Labour Education 2005/1-2 No. 138-139 we analyse what does “Fight Poverty – Organize!” mean? First and foremost, it means trade unions that become an even more effective and well-honed tool for workers to escape poverty, fear, exploitation and the violation of their basic human dignity. It means being a force to replace misery and despair with progress and hope.Second, it means organizing, collective bargaining and other forms of creative social dialogue and engagement. Third, it means organizing effective trade union participation in the design and implementation of public policy based on the priorities of their members and the body of social policy enshrined in ILO Conventions. It also means engaging in the struggle for democratic governance, employment and quality public services to the unemployed, underemployed, and working poor if they are to lift themselves out of poverty.

3. Trade Union Action against HIV/AIDS in Uganda: A Workers' Education Manual

   01 January 2005

   This manual has been developed jointly with the National Organisation of Trade Unions in Uganda and is aimed at educating trade union members on the subject of HIV and AIDS. The manual has a special focus on Uganda, but we believe it is also useful in helping trade unions and other organizations in other countries to advocate for active involvement of the workplace as the arena to fight stigma, discrimination and hostility associated with the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

2004

1. Trade unions and workers with disabilities: Promoting decent work,combating discrimination

   01 April 2004

   Labour Education 2004/4 No. 137: Although much has been done by the ILO to protect and promote the human rights of people with disabilities and to fi ght with them for equal opportunity and equal treatment in society and at the workplace,much more needs to be done. The International Labour Office has, since its very inception in 1919, considered that disabled people have equal rights to decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity, and has worked to promote these rights through its international labour standards, its research and publications, and its advocacy and technical cooperation activities.

2. Policy proposals for decent work and employment for young people

   01 March 2004

   It is neither the objective of this publication to come up with tailormade solutions to the dramatic problem of youth unemployment, nor to claim that simple answers exist. In this issue of Labour Education 2004/3 No. 136, our contributors all insist on policy-mix and seek to provide for a better understanding of youth employment issues.And yes, they insist on providing developing country governments with the policy space to pursue a higher level of aggregate demand and faster economic growth.