May Day is ours

Title: May Day is ours
Creator: SACTWU
Subject: SACTWU
Date Issued: Apr 2001
Date: Apr 2001
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/110743
Identifier: vital:33328
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!
Format: 68 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU)
Language: English
Rights: SACTWU
Rights: No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission from the publisher

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