Handbook of Procedures Relating to International Labour Conventions and Recommendations
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 56
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Odd Couple
Author: Michael Huberman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2012-05-29
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 0300158769
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt has become commonplace to think that globalization has produced a race to the bottom in terms of labor standards and quality of life: the cheaper the labor and the lower the benefits afforded workers, the more competitively a country can participate on the global stage. But in this book the distinguished economic historian Michael Huberman demonstrates that globalization has in fact been very good for workers’ quality of life, and that improved labor conditions have promoted globalization.
International Trade and Labor Standards
Author: Christian Barry
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008-07-03
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 0231512961
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProgressive governments in poor countries fear that if they undertake measures to enhance real wages and working conditions, rising labor costs would cause wealthier countries to import from and invest elsewhere. Yet if the world trading system were designed to facilitate or even reward measures to promote labor standards, poor countries could undertake them without fear. In this book, Christian Barry and Sanjay G. Reddy propose ways in which the international trading system can support poor countries in promoting the well-being of their peoples. Reforms to the trading system can lessen the collective-action problem among poor countries, increasing their freedom to pursue policy that better serves the interests of their people. Incorporating the right kind of linkage between trading opportunities and the promotion of labor standards could empower countries, allowing them greater effective sovereignty and enabling them to improve the circumstances of the less advantaged. Barry and Reddy demonstrate how linkage can be made acceptable to all players, and they carefully defend these ideas against those who might initially disagree. Their volume is accessible to general readers but draws on sophisticated economic and philosophical arguments and includes responses from leading labor activists, economists, and philosophers, including Kyle Bagwell, Robert Goodin, Rohini Hensman, and Roberto Mangabeira Unger.
World Labor Standards
Author: United States. Bureau of Labor Standards
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Published: 1949
Total Pages: 16
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMonitoring International Labor Standards
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2004-06-11
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 0309091349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new report provides a framework within which to assess compliance with core international labor standards and succeeds in taking an enormous step toward interpreting all relevant information into one central database. At the request of the Bureau of International Labor Affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Research Council's Committee on Monitoring International Labor Standards was charged with identifying relevant and useful sources of country-level data, assessing the quality of such data, identifying innovative measures to monitor compliance, exploring the relationship between labor standards and human capital, and making recommendations on reporting procedures to monitor compliance. The result of the committee's work is in two partsâ€"this report and a database structure. Together, they offer a first step toward the goal of providing an empirical foundation to monitor compliance with core labor standards. The report provides a comprehensive review of extant data sources, with emphasis on their relevance to defined labor standards, their utility to decision makers in charge of assessing or monitoring compliance, and the cautions necessary to understand and use the quantitative information.
Trade, Employment and Labour Standards A Study of Core Workers' Rights and International Trade
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1996-09-09
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9264104887
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent years have witnessed growing concern over the controversial issue of trade and labour standards. This study provides the first comprehensive analysis of these questions and reviews evidence for a large number of countries throughout the world.
Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains
Author: Sarosh Kuruvilla
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2021-04-15
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 1501754548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPrivate Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains examines the effectiveness of corporate social responsibility on improving labor standards in global supply chains. Sarosh Kuruvilla charts the development and effectiveness of corporate codes of conduct to ameliorate "sweatshop" conditions in global supply chains. This form of private voluntary regulation, spearheaded by Nike and Reebok, became necessary given the inability of third world countries to enforce their own laws and the absence of a global regulatory system for labor standards. Although private regulation programs have been adopted by other companies in many different industries, we know relatively little regarding the effectiveness of these programs because companies don't disclose information about their efforts and outcomes in regulating labor conditions in their supply chains. Private Regulation of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains presents data from companies, multi-stakeholder institutions, and auditing firms in a comprehensive, investigative dive into the world of private voluntary regulation of labor conditions. The picture he paints is wholistic and raw, but it considers several ways in which this private voluntary system can be improved to improve the lives of workers in global supply chains.
International Labor Standards and International Trade
Author: Mr.Stephen S. Golub
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 1997-04-01
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13: 1451845537
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis paper reviews controversies regarding linkage of international trade and labor standards. Pressures for international harmonization of labor standards arise in the context of increased trade between countries with large disparities in wages, and also reflect the history of labor standards. A critical distinction is made between standards related to fundamental human rights and those related to employment conditions. The main conclusion is that trade sanctions to enforce labor standards should not be an option, but that international agreements on core labor standards, with voluntary compliance, may, apart from being worthwhile on ethical grounds, defuse calls for protection.
Monitoring International Labor Standards
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2003-05-28
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 0309088585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe NRC has convened the Committee on Monitoring International Labor Standards to provide expert, science-based advice on monitoring compliance with international labor standards. The committee held a workshop in July 2002 to assess the quality of information and measures of progress towards compliance with international labor standards. This document summarizes the workshop. Reflecting the workshop agenda, this report focuses primarily on the availability and quality of information to measure compliance with four core international labor standards that were identified in 1998 by the ILO. The goal of this workshop summary is to communicate the key ideas and themes that emerged from the workshop presentations and discussions.
Can Labor Standards Improve Under Globalization?
Author: Kimberly Ann Elliott
Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economics
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this study, the authors move beyond the debate on the relative merits and risks of a social clause in trade agreements and focus on practical approaches for improving labour standards in a more intergrated global economy.
