Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 99

Unstable and On-Call Work Schedules in the United States and Canada

01 March 2018

ILO Research paper No. 14

Global Supply Chain Dynamics and Labour Governance: Implications for Social Upgrading

13 May 2016

This paper examines how the emergence and change of the fragmented cross-national production system affects social upgrading in developing countries, focusing on the impact of private governance on labour conditions and workers’ rights. It also discusses the role of private voluntary standards in governing labour relations in GSCs, and their limitations and tensions with buyers’ purchasing practices.

Publication

COOP news update

26 January 2015

This issue of the COOP News includes articles on various events, projects, trainings and meetings related to the work of the ILO's COOP Unit between September and December, 2014.