Publications on Collective bargaining and labour relations

2011

  1. Publication

    Flyer - The Role of collective Bargaining in the Global Economy

    30 May 2011

  2. Publication

    Executive summary - The Role of Collective Bargaining in the Global Economy

    30 May 2011

    This book looks at the role that collective bargaining plays in ensuring that workers are able to obtain a fair share of the benefits arising from participation in the global economy and in providing a measure of security against the risk to employment and wages. The various authors examine how this fundamental principle and right at work is realized in different countries and how its practice can be reinforced across borders. Co-published with Edward Elgar.

  3. Publication

    The Committee on the Application of Standards of the International Labour Conference: A dynamic and impact built on decades of dialogue and persuasion

    21 April 2011

    Puts together the practical consequences of the annual discussions of the International Labour Conference and emphasizes on what tangible transformations have occurred in the various legal and political systems.

  4. Publication

    Working Paper No. 99 - Measuring progress towards the application of freedom of association and collective bargaining rights: A tabular presentation of the findings of the ILO supervisory system

    25 January 2011

2010

  1. Publication

    International framework agreements and global social dialogue: Parameters and prospects

    09 February 2010

    Employment Working Paper No. 47

  2. Publication

    The fundamentals of labour administration

    28 January 2010

    A well-coordinated, professional and efficient labour administration machinery is essential to the effective governance of the labour market. This book will be an invaluable resource for labour administrators, labour inspectors, conciliators, employment service officials, governments, workers, employers, researchers and professionals.

  3. Publication

    International framework agreements and global social dialogue : lessons from the Daimler case

    25 January 2010

    Employment Working Paper No. 46

2009

  1. Publication

    From the right to “combine” to the right to organize

    01 August 2009

    From about 1750 onwards, workers had started to organize in Europe. Governments and employers reacted quickly, and laws and regulations were adopted to restrict such activities.

2008

  1. Publication

    Cross-border social dialogue and agreements: An emerging global industrial relations framework?

    12 May 2008

    The book examines various facets of international framework agreements (IFAs), as one of numerous private initiatives that have emerged in the absence of a state-driven multilateral framework, in view of organising a common labour relations framework at cross-border level. It also addresses relevant issues such as the possibility of cross-border solidarity action as a complement to cross-border dialogue. The title is longer available in print format but is available full text on-line using the link below.

  2. Publication

    Coffee in Kenya: Some challenges for decent work

    01 January 2008

    Working Paper 260