Monitoring International Labor Standards
Summary of Domestic Forums
Seiten
2003
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-08695-0 (ISBN)
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-08695-0 (ISBN)
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Globalization creates new economic, cultural, and social opportunities, but also poses the challenge of ensuring that workers throughout the world share in these opportunities. This title provides science-based advice on monitoring compliance with international labor standards.
Over the past half century, the international flow of goods, services, and capital has grown rapidly. Globalization creates new economic, cultural, and social opportunities, but also poses the challenge of ensuring that workers throughout the world share in these opportunities. Responding to this challenge, the U.S. government carries out a variety of policies and programs aimed at encouraging greater recognition of worker rights around the globe. The U.S. Department of State monitors worker rights abroad and reports on the status of those rights as part of its annual report to Congress in the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Building on this history of monitoring and encouraging worker rights around the world, the Trade Act of 2002 includes on the list of overall trade negotiating objectives of the United States, promote respect for worker rights.
Monitoring International Labor Standards provides expert, science-based advice on monitoring compliance with international labor standards. This report identifies relevant, valid, reliable, and useful sources of country-level data on labor standards; assesses the quality of existing and potential data and indicators that can be used to systematically monitor labor practices and the effectiveness of enforcement in order to determine compliance with national labor legislation and international standards; identifies innovative measures to determine compliance with international labor standards on a country-by-country basis and to measure progress on improved labor legislation and enforcement; explores the relationship between labor standards compliance and national policies relating to human capital issues; and recommends sustainable reporting procedures to monitor countries' progress toward implementation of international labor standards.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
1 Introduction
2 Five Significant Topics
3 Trade Unions
4 Employers
5 Nongovernmental Organizations
6 Question-and-Answer Sessions
Appendix A: Forum Speaker Biosketches
Appendix B: Audience List
Appendix C: The Committee on Monitoring International Labor Standards
Appendix D: The International Labour Organization (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
Appendix E: Forum Agendas
Over the past half century, the international flow of goods, services, and capital has grown rapidly. Globalization creates new economic, cultural, and social opportunities, but also poses the challenge of ensuring that workers throughout the world share in these opportunities. Responding to this challenge, the U.S. government carries out a variety of policies and programs aimed at encouraging greater recognition of worker rights around the globe. The U.S. Department of State monitors worker rights abroad and reports on the status of those rights as part of its annual report to Congress in the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Building on this history of monitoring and encouraging worker rights around the world, the Trade Act of 2002 includes on the list of overall trade negotiating objectives of the United States, promote respect for worker rights.
Monitoring International Labor Standards provides expert, science-based advice on monitoring compliance with international labor standards. This report identifies relevant, valid, reliable, and useful sources of country-level data on labor standards; assesses the quality of existing and potential data and indicators that can be used to systematically monitor labor practices and the effectiveness of enforcement in order to determine compliance with national labor legislation and international standards; identifies innovative measures to determine compliance with international labor standards on a country-by-country basis and to measure progress on improved labor legislation and enforcement; explores the relationship between labor standards compliance and national policies relating to human capital issues; and recommends sustainable reporting procedures to monitor countries' progress toward implementation of international labor standards.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
1 Introduction
2 Five Significant Topics
3 Trade Unions
4 Employers
5 Nongovernmental Organizations
6 Question-and-Answer Sessions
Appendix A: Forum Speaker Biosketches
Appendix B: Audience List
Appendix C: The Committee on Monitoring International Labor Standards
Appendix D: The International Labour Organization (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
Appendix E: Forum Agendas
Roger McElrath, Editor, National Research Council
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2003 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Washington |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie |
| ISBN-10 | 0-309-08695-7 / 0309086957 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-309-08695-0 / 9780309086950 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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