The International Labor Organization in a Changing World

In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 310, Heft 1, S. 31-38

Abstract

The changing conditions of the world have changed also the program of the International Labor Organization. Organized in 1919 by the industrialized nations, much of its early attention was given to setting up labor standards to avoid "unfair" competition from countries with cheap labor standards. Today the main emphasis of the ILO is on improving working and living conditions by helping the less advanced countries to develop their economic potential and raise their productivity and by helping the more advanced countries to lay the social basis for greater economic co-operation. The machinery and the techniques de veloped to achieve these aims are described in some detail.—Ed.