Workers of the world, now what?

Foreign Policy

Volumn , Issue 114, 1999, Pages 52-65

  Newland, Kathleen ^a  

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EID: 0040441720     PISSN: 00157228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1149590     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has published a number of thoughtful studies on the impact of globalization on labor. Its World Employment Report 1998-99 (Geneva: International Labour Office, 1998) gives an up-to-date overview of employment trends and focuses on training as a key to productivity, inclusion, and employability.
2. Likewise, the ILO'S World Labour Report 1997-98: Industrial relations, democracy, and social stability (Geneva: International Labour Office, 1997) critically reviews trends in unionization, new challenges to trade unions, and the potential for new partnerships. Both publications contain useful statistical tables. The ILO Web site provides access to a wealth of documents on labor standards, social labeling, and other subjects, as well as information about the organization itself. Selected articles from the International Labour Review, such as Eddy Lee's "Globalization and labour standards: A review of issues" (vol. 136, no. 2, 1997), are available on the ILO site.
3. Likewise, the ILO'S World Labour Report 1997-98: Industrial relations, democracy, and social stability (Geneva: International Labour Office, 1997) critically reviews trends in unionization, new challenges to trade unions, and the potential for new partnerships. Both publications contain useful statistical tables. The ILO Web site provides access to a wealth of documents on labor standards, social labeling, and other subjects, as well as information about the organization itself. Selected articles from the International Labour Review, such as Eddy Lee's "Globalization and labour standards: A review of issues" (vol. 136, no. 2, 1997), are available on the ILO site.
4. Likewise, the ILO'S World Labour Report 1997-98: Industrial relations, democracy, and social stability (Geneva: International Labour Office, 1997) critically reviews trends in unionization, new challenges to trade unions, and the potential for new partnerships. Both publications contain useful statistical tables. The ILO Web site provides access to a wealth of documents on labor standards, social labeling, and other subjects, as well as information about the organization itself. Selected articles from the International Labour Review, such as Eddy Lee's "Globalization and labour standards: A review of issues" (vol. 136, no. 2, 1997), are available on the ILO site.
5. The World Bank's World Development Report 1995: Workers in an Integrating World (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995) gives a rosy, precrisis view of how globalization affects labor. Some of the report's claims ring a bit hollow in the aftermath of meltdowns suffered by its model students in East Asia, but there is much useful -if now a little dated - information.
6. Richard Freeman has written extensively about labor issues in general and labor unions in particular. See his articles "The Impact of Unionization on Wages and Working Conditions" (Journal of Labor Economics, January 1990), coauthored with Morris Kleiner, and "Are Your Wages Set in Beijing?" (Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 1995). David Blanchflower and Freeman's "Unionism in the United States and Other Advanced OECD Countries" (Industrial Relations, Winter 1992) is also worth reviewing.
7. Richard Freeman has written extensively about labor issues in general and labor unions in particular. See his articles "The Impact of Unionization on Wages and Working Conditions" (Journal of Labor Economics, January 1990), coauthored with Morris Kleiner, and "Are Your Wages Set in Beijing?" (Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 1995). David Blanchflower and Freeman's "Unionism in the United States and Other Advanced OECD Countries" (Industrial Relations, Winter 1992) is also worth reviewing.
8. Richard Freeman has written extensively about labor issues in general and labor unions in particular. See his articles "The Impact of Unionization on Wages and Working Conditions" (Journal of Labor Economics, January 1990), coauthored with Morris Kleiner, and "Are Your Wages Set in Beijing?" (Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 1995). David Blanchflower and Freeman's "Unionism in the United States and Other Advanced OECD Countries" (Industrial Relations, Winter 1992) is also worth reviewing.
9. Brian Langille's "Eight ways to think about international labour standards" (Journal of World Trade, August 1997) provides a guide to some of the controversies surrounding the link between labor rights and international trade.
10. For links to relevant Web sites, as well as a comprehensive index of related FOREIGN POLICY articles, access www.foreignpolicy.com.