Social issues, globalisation and international institutions : labour rights and the EU, ILO, OECD and WTO / edited by Virginia A. Leary and Daniel Warner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Core labour standards' and the transformation of the international labour rights regime / Philip Alston -- Core labour rights : the true story / Brian A. Langille -- The (neglected) employment dimension of the World Trade Organization / Steve Charnovitz -- The World Trade Organization and labour rights : man bites dog / Robert Howse and Brian Langille with Julien Burda -- 'Are we there yet?' in search of a coherent EU strategy on labour rights and external trade / Andrew Clapham and Joanna Bourke Martignoni -- Labour rights, globalization and institutions : the role and influence of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development / James Salzman and Julio Bacio Terracino.

Concern over the relationship between human rights, social justice and international trade competitiveness has led to the inclusion of the issue of the rights of workers in the agenda of leading international organizations. International labour issues once seen as a monopoly preoccupation of the ILO (International Labour Organization) have now become important issues in other international organizations, as well as within regional trading blocs. This original study examines the extent to which international labour issues have become issue of concern within the European Union, the ILO, the {u2026} read moreOECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), and the WTO (World Trade Organization). The internationally known authors of this book have been long-time observers of the work of international organizations on labour rights and globalisation and have been leaders in the effort to bring issue of social justice onto the international agenda. Social Issues, Globalisation and International Institutions: Labour Rights and the EU, ILO, OECD and WTO is the culmination of a project of the Program for the Study of International Organization(s) (PSIO) at the Graduate Institute of Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland (HEI), supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation.