Writing ILO histories: a state of the art / Jasmien Van Daele -- Beyond gompers: the American Federation of Labor, the creation of the ILO, and US labor dissent / Elizabeth McKillen -- Demands on the ILO by Interantionally Organized Women in 1919 / Ulla Wikander -- Albert Thomas, the ILO and the...

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Authors' preface -- 1. An international organization for social justice -- A "wild dream" -- The central ideas -- Tripartism -- The system of international labour standards -- The ILO in a changing world -- 2. Human rights and rights at work -- Introduction --...