Memo to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Regarding yes Vote on Sustainability Report Resolution

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_Berkshire_Hathaway_Memo.pdf: 850 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

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

Sexual Harassment: A Maquila Reality

ILRF_Mexico2006.pdf: 956 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

Free2Work.org Provides Consumers with Information about Child, Forced Labor in Products

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_Free2Work_Nov_2010_statement.pdf: 52 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020