Books: labour relations

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• 2008 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean - Buy now
  01 July 2009 - This edition provides evidence of the effects of an unprecedented international crisis that has cast a shadow over the global economy and is reflected in the employment situation in the region. Employment will be a challenge in 2009. As ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia stated, "The ILO's message is realistic, not alarmist" with respect to this situation.

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• A guide to the teaching of collective bargaining. An instructional aid for worker students - Buy now
  22 April 1991 -

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• Combating forced labour. A handbook for employers and business - Buy now
  02 February 2009 - This handbook, addressed to a broad spectrum of business actors, provides practical tools and guidance material to enable employers to identify and prevent forced labour, and take remedial action where necessary.
• Cross-border social dialogue and agreements: An emerging global industrial relations framework? - Buy now
  12 May 2008 - The book examines various facets of international framework agreements (IFAs), as one of numerous private initiatives that have emerged in the absence of a state-driven multilateral framework, in view of organising a common labour relations framework at cross-border level. ...

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• European works councils in multinational enterprises: Background, working and experience (MULTI 83) - Buy now
  08 June 1999 - Multinational Enterprises Programme, Working Paper No. 84. Deals with the genesis of the Council Directive 94/45/EC and describes the establishment of a works council or of a procedure for the purposes of informing and consulting employees. Discusses the subsidiary requirements regarding information and consultation in case where no agreement has been reached. ...
• European Labour Court. Remedies and sanctions in industrial action. Preliminary relief (LMR 81) - Buy now
  27 July 1995 - Based in part on responses to a questionnaire concerning the granting of temporary relief in labour disputes.

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• Forced labor: Coercion and exploitation in the private economy - Buy now
  26 August 2009 - PRAISE FOR FORCED LABOR "Excellent. . . . This state-of-the-art volume provides a first-rate analysis of the dynamics leading to the occurrence of forced labour, its global distribution,and different types of policy responses." -Jens Lerche, SOAS, University of London. Two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, at least 12. ...

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• Glossary of labour law and industrial relations (with special reference to the European Union) - Buy now
  25 August 2005 -

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• International Journal of Labour Research Trade union strategies towards global production systems (Vol. I/1) - Buy now
  21 October 2009 - International Journal of Labour Research is a new journal launched in Fall 2009 by the Bureau of Workers' Activities of the ILO. Its aim is to provide an overview of recent research on labour and social policies from trade union researchers and academics around the world. ...
• International standards and guiding principles on labour law and labour relations, 1989 (LMR 74) - Buy now
  15 April 1992 - Also includes the texts of the conclusions adopted by the International Labour Conference, the Regional Conferences and the Industrial Committees.

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• Labour issues in export processing zones in South Asia: The role of social dialogue - Buy now
  28 May 2002 -
• Labour-management relations in public enterprises in Africa (LMR 60) - Buy now
  31 December 1983 - ILO pub. Comparison of labour relations in public enterprises in Africa, with case studies of Nigeria and Tunisia - discusses the definition and the growth of public enterprises, legal aspects, trade unionization, trade union recognition, employers organization, collective bargaining, labour disputes, dispute settlement, personnel management, workers participation, etc. References.

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• Note on the proceedings. Report TMOR/2002/11 - Buy now
  29 November 2002 - Referring to the detailed report discussed at the meeting, presents major conclusions regarding industrial relations, mergers and acquisitions, security of employment under changing corporate structures, etc. Includes the Resolution concerning future ILO work programme for the oil and gas sector.

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• Organized labour in the 21st century - Buy now
  08 March 2002 - Presents selected country case studies on the theme "Trade union responses to globalization".

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• Renewing labour market institutions - Buy now
  10 June 2004 - Examines the rise of the employment model, the conditions which led to its emergence and its subsequent crisis and current reconstruction and explores the rise of corporate governance as an issue with far-reaching consequences for employment relations and economic policy. ...

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• Social dialogue in the process of structural adjustment and private sector participation in ports. A practical guidance manual - Buy now
  20 March 2006 -
• Social dialogue at enterprise level. Successful experiences - Buy now
  27 January 2006 - Contains selected papers presented at the "Regional meeting on sharing experiences of social dialogue at the workplace", New Delhi, 1-3 November 2004. Outlines the South Asia and Vietnam Project on Tripartism and Social Dialogue (SAVPOT), followed by experiences made in a number of industrial and plantation companies.

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• The global evolution of industrial relations. Events, ideas and the IIRA - Buy now
  16 November 2004 - Chronicles the birth and development of the industrial relations field, its ups and downs, challenges, transformations and differing fortunes across countries from the late 19th century to the present.
• The promotion of good industrial relations in oil and gas production and oil refining. Report TMOR/2002 - Buy now
  31 January 2002 - Examines trends in oil and gas production and oil refining from 1980 to 2000 and considers restrictions on the freedom of association in those industries. Describes key ILO instruments for the promotion of social dialogue and explores the processes of collective bargaining and social dialogue within the industries.
• Technological change and labour relations - Buy now
  22 January 1992 -