Books and reports

June 2012

1. 

   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

January 2012

1. 

   Stress Prevention at Work Checkpoints. Practical improvements for stress prevention in the workplace

   06 January 2012

   Work-related stress is one of the most important issues in many countries. The negative impacts of stress are multiform and can include circulatory and gastrointestinal diseases as well as physical, psychosomatic and psycho-social problems. These in turn can lead to poor work performance, high accident and injury rates, and low productivity.

2. 

   Ergonomic Checkpoints in Agriculture

   06 January 2012

   Agriculture is one of the most hazardous sectors in both developing and developed countries. Increasing attention is being given to applying practical actions in rural and agricultural settings to reduce work-related accidents and diseases, improve living conditions and increase productivity...

November 2011

1. 

   IJLR - Towards a Sustainable Economic Recovery: The case for a wage-led policies

   22 November 2011

   International Journal of Labour Research - IJLR, Vol.III/2, 2011. While much attention has been deservedly given to the financial roots of the current economic crisis, the role of wages as a cause as well as a solution has yet to be fully understood. To help fill this gap, this issue of the International Journal of Labour Research is largely dedicated to this topic.

2. 

   Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work

   14 November 2011

   This manual presents a data collection strategy for measuring volunteer work that is cost-effective and reliable. It provides a definition of volunteer work, a measurement methodology to identify volunteer workers and their characteristics, and an estimation methodology to value their work. The 18th ICLS discussed and approved the Manual in 2008, making this the first-ever internationally sanctioned guidance to national statistical agencies for generating official statistics on volunteer work, using a common definition and approach.

October 2011

1. 

   Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM). Seventh edition (includes CD-ROM)

   14 October 2011

   This valuable wide-ranging reference tool meets the ever-increasing demand for timely, accurate and accessible information on the rapidly changing world of work. The Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) offers the general user with instant and uncomplicated access to data and analysis on the world's labour markets.

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. 

   Children in hazardous work: What we know, what we need to do

   10 June 2011

   This report reviews the current state of knowledge concerning children in hazardous work and presents the case for a new focus on the issue as part of the wider global effort to eliminate the worst forms of child labour. For more information on this report or to order copies, please contact pubvente@ilo.org.

2. 

   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.

December 2010

1. 

   Global Wage Report 2010/11: Wage policies in times of crisis

   15 December 2010

   The second in a series of ILO reports focusing on wage developments, this volume reviews the global and regional wage trends during the years of the economic and financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.