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Organization, bargaining and dialogue for development in a
globalizing world
ILO Governing Body Working Party on the Social Dimension of Globalization,
November 2000, document GB.279/WP/SDG/2
The first Global Report prepared under the
Follow-Up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, Your Voice at Work
(2000), showed that respect for the principles of freedom of association and effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining – and their realisation in practice – is far from universal. Violations of these fundamental principles and rights at work and ways of remedying them remain a major issue of concern. Furthermore, the discussion of whether, how and when these fundamental freedoms are to be implemented often revolves around the relationship between, on the one hand, the right to freedom of association and the right to organize and to bargain collectively, and on the other, the goals of economic and social development. The global integration of markets is presenting an additional set of challenges to the way in which these fundamental principles and rights at work have traditionally been realized and exercised.
This paper therefore aims to clarify the issues and distil what we know about these freedoms and rights, their implementation in practice, decent work and development in a global economy. It presents updated information on levels of organization and the institutions of collective bargaining. It uses available statistical evidence, as well as observations drawn from the ILO’s practical experience regarding the role these rights play in development, to show that the labour market institutions that are built on the realization of these fundamental principles and rights at work (representative organizations, collective bargaining and social dialogue) are part of the social capital needed to sustain development processes and deliver decent work for all.
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