All week we are looking at the United Nations’ vital agencies. Let us know what you think are the biggest successes and failures,using the form belowBorn out of the ashes of the first world war in 1919, the creation of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) was inspired by the thought that social justice was crucial to world order and peace. It was also a recognition that the world was changing, or with the mass exploitation of workers in rapidly industrialising nations,the influx of a generation of war-damaged young men back into the workplace and the need for cooperation in establishing labour rights in nations competing for rapidly globalising markets. In recognition of this, the ILO was designed as the first truly tripartite labour organisation, and giving equal voice to governments,workers and employers in its executive bodies. Its aims were ambitious: to create a framework of worker rights, protection against exploitation and slavery and ensure the freedom to form unions. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com