May Day is ours
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- Title
- May Day is ours
- Description
- Cosatu has decided that May Day 2001 should focus on our campaign for jobs, and highlight the International Labour Organisation (ILO's) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up. This is an important document. Adopted by the ILO's International Labour Conference on 18 June 1998, it arose out of "...concerns in the international community over the processes of globalisation and the social consequences of trade liberalisation...." The Declaration commits member countries to respect the following four core categories of fundamental rights at work, to promote it and to work for it to be universally achieved: • Freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; • The elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour; • The effective abolition of child labour; • The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. The Declaration, importantly, emphasises that all member countries have an obligation to respect these fundamental principles, irrespective of whether they have or have not ratified the relevant ILO Conventions. As part of this special May Day edition of the Sactwu Shop Stewards' Bulletin, we reproduce the entire Declaration and its Follow-up. Discuss, debate and report back!
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/110743
- Date Issued
- 01-Apr
- Creator
- SACTWU
- Rights
- Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU)
- Rights Holder
- Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU)
- Provenance
- The item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research, Rhodes University, on behalf of the Labour Research Service
- Type
- text
- Extent
- 68 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Location - Physical Location
- Cory Library for Humanitites Research
- useGuidelines
- The materials are made available explicitly for research and educational purposes. Any use of these materials must be cleared with the Labour Research Service.
- Item sets
- General Materials
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