Focuses on the consequences of the European Single Market for migrant workers, especially those from non-Community countries.

Outlines the global structure of the textiles and clothing industry and reviews trading patterns under the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), highlighting the impact of trade policies in the European Union and the USA. Examines the issue of labour standards as a new non-tariff barrier to trade....

The paper summarizes information on health staffing trends in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and provides some comparisons with Western countries, especiially in the European Union. It looks at the broad economic, social and political background to the present situation, with...

Includes excerpts from the draft International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and their Families, under consideration by the UN General Assembly.

Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.