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ILO pub. Working paper (Programme Against Apartheid) commenting on racial discrimination in labour legislation and practices in South Africa R pertaining to agricultural workers - denounces absence of equal opportunity, nonrecognition of workers rights, etc.; criticizes low wages and coercive...
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Based on a case study from informal markets of the city of Maputo, in Monzabique, and the Associação dos Operadores e Trabalhadores do Sector Informal (ASOTSI), analyses the impact of the role of informal union organizations in the living and working conditions of the informal workers...
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Examines the social consequences of restructuring and investigates the role social dialgue can play in finding socially responsible ways to mitigate the effects of restructuring. Includes brief comparisons with the banking and financial services industry, postal services and public utilities.
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ILO pub. Working paper comprising a literature survey of ILO research on multinational enterprises and social policy - covers the industrial sector, employment effects, training practices and working conditions studies. Bibliography pp. 25 to 30.
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Presents the Block-Roberts methodology for measuring labour standards, highlighting its relativism (does not rely on a universal benchmark like ILO Conventions) and its politically feasible benchmark (at least one jurisdiction enacted). Comparing the US with Canada and the EU, resp., determines...
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Based on interviews with 1463 working mothers from seven sectors: garment workers, carpet weavers, pashmina weavers, agricultural workers, tea plantation workers, beedi workers and domestic workers. Examines the socio- economic background of the women and their families, working conditions,...
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Recommends reform measures that would improve the conditions of domestic workers and promote their self-organization to defend their interests. Appends the drafts of a labour act, a labour contract and the Labour (Domestic Workers) Regulation 2007, prepared by LAWA (Ghana) Alumnae Incorporated...
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Working paper of the manpower needs generated by labour intensive fruit and vegetable agricultural production for export, and the agricultural employment of rural women under a traditional sharecropping system in the Oulja region of Morocco. Analyses the impact of economic development on the...
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Discusses the adoption and implementation of ethical codes in the textile, clothing and footwear industries. Looks at the role of non- governmental organizations in the promotion of codes of conduct (e.g. labelling campaigns), the components of a standard code of conduct and the provisions of...
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