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Ukraine currently faces a combination of massive economic decline, hyperinflation and growing open as well as hidden unemployment. Its current preoccupation must be to give very high priority to the substantial reform of labour market and social policy. This book is an attempt to assess the trends in social and labour market policy in Ukraine and to help to identify those areas calling for restructuring and reform. ... Read more

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This volume contains the substantive provisions of ILO Convention and Recommendations dealing with the conditions of employment of seafarers adopted by the International Labour Conference over a 70-year period, as well as the provisions of instruments applicable to all workers including seafarers, referred to in Convention No. 147. ... Read more

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This book tells the story of the International Labour Organization, founded in 1919 in the belief that universal and lasting peace goes hand in hand with social justice. Since then the ILO has contributed to the protection of the vulnerable, the fight against unemployment, the promotion of human rights, the development of democratic institutions, and the improvement of the working lives of women and men everywhere. In its history the ILO has sometimes thrived, sometimes suffered setbacks, but always survived to pursue its goals through the political and economic upheavals of the last ninety years.

The authors have between them many years of experience of working in and studying the ILO. They explore some of the main ideas that the ILO has developed and championed, and tell how they were applied, and to what effect, at different times and in different parts of the world. There are chapters on rights at work, the quality of employment, income protection, employment, poverty reduction, a fair globalization, and today's overriding goal of decent work for all. The book ends with reflections on the challenges ahead in a world where the present economic crisis underlines the urgency of global action for social justice. ... Read more

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Advances in information and communication technologies, combined with organizations seeking to reduce costs, have led to a dramatic growth in service sector offshoring and outsourcing, most notably to developing countries such as India. Despite burgeoning literature on this phenomenon, however, little attention has been paid to the working and employment conditions that exist in the growing number of workplaces providing business-process outsourcing and IT-enabled services in developing countries.

This book examines and provides a historical context for the development of the business-process outsourcing industry, based on case study analysis of working conditions in four countries where this industry is large or growing —Argentina, Brazil, India, and the Philippines. The contributors offer policy advice on how the growth of "good quality" jobs can be promoted as these industries grow and mature around the world.

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Chapters: World Health Organization, International Telecommunication Union, International Labour Organization, Cern, Geneva Association, World Radio Switzerland, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, Pax Romana, International Bridges to Justice, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, United Nations Office at Geneva, Geneva Amateur Operatic Society, List of International Organizations Based in Geneva, Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative, United Nations Centre for Urgent Environmental Assistance, le Courrier, International Federation of the Blue Cross, Indian Association Geneva, Unireso, Mouettes Genevoises Navigation. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 107. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat the people who are employed by it throughout the world is known as the International Labour Office. The organization received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969. E. H. Greenwood, US Delegate and Harold B. Butler, Secretary-General, with secretarial staff of the first International Labour Conference in Washington, D.C., October-November 1919, in front of the Pan American Building. The ILO was established as an agency of the League of Nations following the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I. VanDaele, (2005) argues that in 1919 a pioneering generation of scholars, social policy experts, and politicians designed an unprecedented international organizational framework for labour politics. The founding fathers of the ILO had made great strides in social thought and action before 1919. The core members all knew one another from earlier private professional and ideological net...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14987 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1044 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Capturing the spirit of the international labour organization: attending "the annual world parliament of labour" was both an honour and an eye-opener for one member of the New Zealand delegation.
Author: Sharon Clair
Publication: Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 12Issue: 6Page: 26(1)

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Chapters: International Labour Organization, Interfaith Worker Justice, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Visayan Forum Foundation, Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production, Labor Notes, Jobs With Justice, International Labor Rights Forum, Democracy and Workers' Rights Center, Programmers Guild, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, American Rights at Work, Coalition for the Future American Worker, Via Campesina, Brandworkers International, Workplace Fairness, 9to5, National Association of Working Women, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, National Labor Committee in Support of Human and Worker Rights, International Labor Defense, Professional Association of Nurse Travelers, United Workers Movement Nmi, Austrian Chamber of Labour, Labor Education and Research Project. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 101. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat the people who are employed by it throughout the world is known as the International Labour Office. The organization received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969. E. H. Greenwood, US Delegate and Harold B. Butler, Secretary-General, with secretarial staff of the first International Labour Conference in Washington, D.C., October-November 1919, in front of the Pan American Building. The ILO was established as an agency of the League of Nations following the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I. VanDaele, (2005) argues that in 1919 a pioneering generation of scholars, social policy experts, and politicians designed an unprecedented international organizational framework for labour politics. The founding fathers of the ILO had made great strides in social...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14987 ... Read more