Books and reports

October 2012

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   Gender Equality and Decent Work: Selected ILO Conventions and Recommendations that promote gender equality as of 2012

   17 October 2012

   This guide provides the text of some of the key Conventions for promoting gender equality in the world of work

June 2012

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   Confronting Finance: Mobilizing the 99% for economic and social progress

   15 June 2012

   "The Global Labour Column has become a valuable source of analysis of current economic trends that affect working people all over the world. This anthology brings together critical pieces on many issues (fiscal strategies, finance policies, social protection, strategies for job creation and much more), encompassing different regions and various perspectives." -Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

September 2011

1. 

   Trade Unions and the Global Crisis: Labour’s Visions, Strategies and Responses

   30 September 2011

   If the recent global economic crisis has debilitated labour in many parts of the world, many segments of the trade union movement have been fighting back, combining traditional and innovative strategies and articulating alternatives to the dominant political and economic models. This book offers a composite overview of the responses of trade unions and other workers’ organizations to neoliberal globalization in general and to the recent financial crisis in particular.

June 2011

1. 

   There is an alternative: Economic policies and labour strategies beyond the mainstream

   09 June 2011

   A key message of the 2011 Global Labour Column anthology is that we need a plurality of ideas in order to develop and ultimately choose between different policy options. This volume will be of great interest to academic scholars as well as trade union activists and policy-makers.

April 2010

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   International labour migration. A rights-based approach

   29 April 2010

   This book offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of international labour migration and the ILO's efforts to protect migrant workers through a rights-based approach. It gives new insights into the factors that motivate people to seek work outside their country of origin and the significant development effects on both origin and destination countries. Exposing the often limited access of migrant workers to their fundamental rights at work, it describes in detail the international norms that have evolved to protect migrant workers and ensure decent work for all. It reflects on existing and potential international governance structures, addressing the linkages between migration and development, and reviews the role of the ILO's Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration in improving policy-making and international cooperation in the area of labour migration. Price CHF 50; USD 50; GBP 30; EUR 33

March 2009

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   The International Labour Organization and the quest for social justice, 1919-2009

   16 March 2009

   The International Labour Organization was founded in 1919 in the belief that peace and social justice go hand in hand. This book explores key ideas that the ILO has championed and applied through the political and economic upheavals of the last 90 years.: rights at work, the quality of employment, income protection, employment and poverty reduction, a fair globalization and today's overriding goal of decent work for all.

September 2008

1. 

   Compendium of Maritime Labour Instruments

   09 September 2008

   Maritime Labour Convention, 2006; Seafarers' Identity Documents (Revised) Convention, 2003; Work in Fishing Convention and Recommendation, 2007. This essential new reference source presents the full text of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, along with a collection of related standards, including the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention (Revised), 2003 (No. 185), the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (No. 188) and its accompanying Recommendation, as well as the ILO's fundamental Conventions and the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its follow-up.

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   Getting hired. A trainer's manual for conducting a workshop for job-seekers with disabilities

   05 September 2008

   The purpose of the job-seekers' workshop is to assist people with disabilities in finding and keeping employment in the formal sector and addresses the unique barriers that disabled people often face when seeking jobs..

February 2008

1. 

   Safe maternity and the world of work

   11 February 2008

   This publication sets out three priority areas within the ILO mandate that stand to contribute substantially to efforts aimed at improving maternal health.

March 2006

1. The employment relationship. Report 95 V (2A)

   08 March 2006

   Compiles the replies of governments and of employers' and workers' organizations to a questionnaire on the employment relationship. Includes the ILO's evaluation in view of a proposed Recommendation.