The International Labor Organization: An American View. By Walter Galenson. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1981. Pp. xi, 351. Index. $21.50, cloth; $7.75, paper. - The Politics of United States Decision-Making in United Nations Specialized Agencies: The Case of the International Labor Organization. By Gregory T. Kruglak. Washington: University Press of America, 1980. Pp. ix, 290. $21.25.

1983 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 929-933
Author(s):  
Virginia A. Leary
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The University ◽  
Washington University

International Labor Organization

1952 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 440-446
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Full Employment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Underdeveloped Countries ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Different Types

The sixth report of the International Labor Organization to the United Nations noted that, in the preparation of the 1953 program of ILO, the organization had found itself faced with the necessity of distinguishing between what was essential and what was desirable. “The criteria for this distinction have been the financial capacity of Governments to pay.’ Two general objectives toward which all ILO activities were directed were methods of increasing labor productivity and action to secure and maintain full employment. However, it was emphasized that these were long-range objectives which could not be measured in the “arbitrary time limit” of a single year. Shifts in emphasis in ILO's program were more apparent in different types of activity within these general fields rather than in the adoption of a different program. For example, the report continued, in 1950 when there appeared that a threat of recession in the United States and Europe existed, ILO placed particular emphasis on problems of full employment; since that time, ILO had placed increasing emphasis on problems of underemployment in underdeveloped countries.

International Labor Organization

1948 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-360 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
American States ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Social Council ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
June July

Report to the Economic and Social Council: The International Labor Organization submitted to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations on, September 29, 1947 a report on its activities during the year 1947. This report, the first of a regular series which ILO had agreed to submit regularly (Article V paragraph 2(a) of the Agreement between the United Nations and the ILO), included background information and covered the period from the establishment of the United Nations to July 15, 1947. This report dealt with the decisions of five successive sessions of the International Labor Conference, i.e., those held in Philadelphia, May 1947, in Paris, October–November 1945, in Seattle, June 1946, in Montreal, September–October 1946, and in Geneva, June–July 1947. Future reports, it was announced, would cover only one year's work. The report was accompanied by a volume containing a series of appendices which included the text of the Constitution of ILO as amended by the 1946 Instrument of Amendment, the text of the Agreement between the United Nations and ILO, a list of the committees of ILO, a list of meetings convened by ILO as well as meetings of other international organizations at which ILO was represented during the period covered by the report, a list of and the texts of Conventions, Recommendations, and some of the Resolutions adopted by the International Labor Conference, resolutions adopted by the third Conference of American States Members of ILO, held in 1946, and the text of the agreement between ILO and FAO.

Efforts to Improve International Migration Statistics: A Historical Perspective

1987 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 967-995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Percy Kraly ◽  
K.S. Gnanasekaran
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
The Past ◽  
International Labor ◽  
History Of ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Statistical Systems

During the past decade the international statistical community has made several efforts to develop standards for the definition, collection and publication of statistics on international migration. This article surveys the history of official initiatives to standardize international migration statistics by reviewing the recommendations of the ISI, International Labor Organization and the United Nations and reports a recently proposed agenda for moving toward comparability among national statistical systems.

International Labor Organization

1947 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 356-357
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Working Relationship ◽  
World War ◽  
Intergovernmental Organization ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The United Nations

As a result of an agreement concluded with the United Nations, the ILO became the first intergovernmental organization created before World War II to be integrated into the framework of United Nations. The 29th Conference of the ILO effected a revision of the Constitution in order to facilitate a working relationship with the United Nations.

International Labor Organization

1947 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-525
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Vice Presidents ◽  
Legislative Body ◽  
International Labor

The 30th International Labor ConferenceThe International Labor Conference, the legislative body of the ILO, convened for its 30th session on June 19,1947, at Geneva. C. J. Hambro (Norway) was elected president; vice-presidents selected were Carlos Desmaras (Argentina), Robert Watt (United States) and Sir John Forbes-Watson (United Kingdom).

International Labor Organization

1952 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 640-644
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Coal Mines ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Vice Presidents ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
International Labor

The thirty-fifth International Labor Conference was held in Geneva from June 4 to 28, 1952 under the presidency of Mr. de Segadas Vianna (Brazil), with Mr. J. B. Pons (Uruguay), Mr. V. V. Dravid (India) and Mr. G. P. Delaney (United States) as vice-presidents. The agenda was composed of nine items; 1) information and reports on the application of conventions and recommendations; 2) holidays with pay in agriculture; 3) objectives and standards of social security; 4) cooperation between public authorities and employers' and workers' organizations; 5) revision of the maternity protection convention of 1919; 6) protection of the health of workers in places of employment; 7) regulation of the employment of young persons in underground work in the coal mines; 8) the Director-General's report; and 9) financial and budgetary questions.

The Membership of the United States in the International Labor Organization

1934 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 669-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manley O. Hudson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
Legal Questions ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The Government

Though representatives of the United States participated very actively in the drafting of the Constitution of the International Labor Organization in 1919, and though the first International Labor Conference was held in Washington under the presidency of the Secretary of Labor, the Government of the United States had no part in the work of the International Labor Organization during its first fifteen years. In consequence, the United States has hitherto held aloof from one of the most significant of the modern developments of international law. Fortunately, this situation has now been changed. On August 20,1934, the United States became the fifty-ninth member of the International Labor Organization. The steps by which this result has been achieved, and the problems growing out of it, present some interesting legal questions which ought not to escape attention.

scholarly journals The United States’ Withdrawal from the International Labor Organization

2005 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yves Beigbeder
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor ◽  
The U.S

After a brief description of the I.L.O., this article summarizes the main events which led to the U.S. withdrawal, reviews precedents, then tries to explain the reasons for the U.S. withdrawal and lists its consequences.

The Competence of the International Labor Organization Under the United Nations System

1951 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Sulkowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
World War I ◽  
United Nations ◽  
League Of Nations ◽  
Labor Organization ◽  
International Labor Organization ◽  
World War ◽  
International Labor ◽  
United Nations System ◽  
Nations System

The International Labor Organization (hereafter referred to as the ILO) was established by the peace treaties concluded at the close of World War I as an autonomous part of the League of Nations for the purpose of promoting social justice.

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