Editorial

Background and general information
The ILO and the protection of wages, by Georges P. Politakis
The local ups and downs of a universal principle, by Louis Bredow
It pays to be union, US figures show, by Ian Graham

The crisis of wage arrears
Wage debt: Africa's other plague, by André Linard
Unpaid salaries in Africa: An explosive issue, by Ibrahim Mayaki
Unpaid wages in Belarus: Adjusting to economic transition, by Kiryl Haiduk and Svetlana Parchevskaya
The challenge of wage arrears in China, by Gerard Greenfield and Tim Pringle

Income equality and collective bargaining
Wage trends in Central and Eastern Europe, by Béla Galgóczi
Collective bargaining and income equality in an integrating world, by Susan Hayter
A first step towards fixing Europe-wide wages?, by Jonathan Equeter
Pay equity at last in Quebec?, by Roland Côté
Social partners: Collective bargaining in Austria, by Martina Krichmayr

Fighting poverty: The minimum wage
How to get the maximum out of the minimum wage, by Catherine Saget
Wages, employment and prices, by Hansjörg Herr
Minimum wages and employment: The positive UK experience, by Damian Kyloh
Uganda: Minimum wages or minimizing wages?, by Martin Wandera and Mohammed Mwamadzingo
An underrated tool?, by Samuel Grumiau