This book provides a brief but thorough introduction to the formulation, adoption and application of internationally agreed standards of good practice in labour matters - international labour Conventions and Recommendations - and has been updated to cover developments up to mid-1997. The manual is intended for trade unionists, students and the general reader interested in labour matters, social issues and human rights. It is designed for use on workers' education courses as well as for individual study.

Labour administration guide to practice and procedures in formulating international labour standards - covers selection of agenda items for and procedure at the International Labour Conference; preparation, discussion and adoption of ILO Conventions and ILO Recommendations; ways and means of fuller tripartite participation of developing countries. Conference held in Bangkok 1982 Apr 26 to 30.

This compilation provides the full text of international labour Conventions, Recommendations and Protocols adopted by the International Labour Conference from its first session in 1919 until the present day, in three volumes: 1919 - 1951, 1952 - 1976 and 1977 to the present. These texts constitute internationally agreed standards of good practice in labour matters, many of which have been used as a model for labour legislation and social policy throughout the world.