List of international labor organizations
Encyclopedia
- International Labor Rights FundInternational Labor Rights FundThe International Labor Rights Forum is a nonprofit advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, DC that describes itself as "an advocate for and with the working poor around the world". ILRF, formerly the International Labor Rights Education & Research Fund, was founded in 1986...
(ILRF) (a non profit organization dedicated to preserving the rights of workers around the world with a particular emphasis on sweatshops and child labor) - Fair Labor AssociationFair Labor AssociationThe Fair Labor Association , a non-profit labor rights organization, is a multi-stakeholder initiative bringing together companies, colleges and universities, and civil society organizations to improve working conditions worldwide by promoting adherence to international and national labor laws...
(FLA) (a non-profit designed to complement existing international and national labor laws) - International Centre for Trade Union RightsInternational Centre for Trade Union RightsThe International Centre for Trade Union Rights is "an organizing and campaigning body with the fundamental purpose of defending and improving the rights of trade unions and trade unionists throughout the world." ICTUR has accredited status with both the United Nations and the International...
(an organizing and campaigning body for trade unions and trade unionists) - International Labour OrganizationInternational Labour OrganizationThe International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the...
(ILO) (an agency of the United Nations to deal with labor issues) - Socialist InternationalSocialist InternationalThe Socialist International is a worldwide organization of democratic socialist, social democratic and labour political parties. It was formed in 1951.- History :...
(a worldwide organization of social democratic, labor, and democratic socialist political parties)
See also
- Labor movementLabour movementThe term labour movement or labor movement is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and governments, in particular through the implementation of specific laws governing labour...
- List of trade unions by country
- List of federations of trade unions by country
- Ethical Trading InitiativeEthical Trading InitiativeThe Ethical Trading Initiative is an alliance of companies, trade unions and voluntary organisations working in partnership to improve the working lives of people across the globe who make or grow consumer goods....
(ETI) - Fair Wear FoundationFair Wear FoundationFair Wear Foundation is an NGO working to improve workplace conditions in the garment and textile industry. Governed by labour unions, NGOs and business associations, FWF verifies that its member companies implement the FWF Code of Labour Practices in their supply chains...
(FWA) - Trade Justice MovementTrade Justice MovementThe Trade Justice Movement is a British coalition, founded in 2000, of more than 80 organizations campaigning for trade justice.The coalition has a particular focus on UK and EU trade policies...
(TJM) - OneworldOneworld (disambiguation)Oneworld may refer to:* Oneworld, an international airline alliance* Oneworld Publications, a British independent publishing firm founded in 1986 by Novin Doostdar and Juliet Mabey...
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