14,736 research outputs found
Labor Rights, the Global Economy & Youth: Promoting Youth Education of Global Labor Rights
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide. Special emphasis is placed on labor rights, working conditions, labor market changes, and union organizing.ILFRF_LaborRightsGlobalEconomyYouth_2008.pdf: 15 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020
Statement Concerning the Release from Jail of BCWS Leaders
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide. Special emphasis is placed on labor rights, working conditions, labor market changes, and union organizing.ILRF_statement_acknowledging_jail_release_sept10.pdf: 9 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020
Working Women in the Modern Global Economy
This fact sheet compiled by the International Labor Rights Forum addresses the fact that women overwhelmingly occupy the lowest paying and most unstable jobs in the garment and agricultural export industries. This document gives statistics on how weak labor laws hurt working women in Colombia, Peru, Bangladesh, and Chile
A Matter of Urgency: US Compliance with ILO Convention No. 182 Concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor
This report evaluates US compliance with International Labor Organization Convention 182 which focuses on eliminating the worst forms of child labor. The report demonstrates that the US is not meeting its obligations under the Convention and that urgent action is need to protect child laborers in the US and bring the US into compliance with the Convention
Child Labor in the Soccer Ball Industry
In 1996, ILRF called attention to child laborers in Pakistan producing soccer balls for the world market. In response to this expose, soccer ball manufacturers agreed to participate in a monitoring program sponsored by the ILO with the goal of eliminating child labor from the industry. This report describes the progress made a year into the program.. The research shows that child labor persists in the soccer ball industry and that the program itself has serious flaws
Ethical Standards and Working Conditions in Wal-Mart\u27s Supply Chain: A Research Report Conducted by the International Labor Rights Forum
Sweatshop Hall of Shame 2010
The Sweatshop Hall of Shame 2010 highlights apparel and textile companies that use sweatshops in their global production. Hall of Shame inductees are responsible for evading fair labor standards and often are slow to respond or provide no response at all to any attempts by the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF), workers, or others to improve working conditions
ILRF 2009 Annual Report
This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide. Special emphasis is placed on labor rights, working conditions, labor market changes, and union organizing.ILRF_AnnualReport_2009.pdf: 171 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020
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