ILO homeAbout the ILOHow the ILO worksDepartments and officesBureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)Publications Publications November 2011 IJLR - Towards a Sustainable Economic Recovery: The case for wage-led policies 22 November 2011 This issue of the International Journal of Labour Research addresses a central issue, if not the key issue for the labour movement, that of wages and what has happened to them over the past three decades.