This is a blog for journalists and media professionals interested in labour rights and policies, international labour standards, corporate social responsibility, national and transnational trade union agreements. The blog is linked to the ILO International Training Centre course ‘Communicating labour rights’. Blog Administrator: Vittorio Longhi, labour journalist.
LABOUR RIGHTS TRAINING FOR JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA PROFESSIONALS
The International Training Centre of the ILO (ITC-ILO) has designed the training course 'Communicating labour rights' calling the attention of journalists and other media professionals to the direct relevance of International Labour Standards. Course dates: 4-8 August 2008. Applications: http://ilsforjournalists.itcilo.org/
ILO news
- Indonesia ratifies ILO Convention n°185 on Seafarers’ identity documents
- Supporting the cooperative movement in Africa: the launching of the CoopAfrica website
- World Congress calls for new global partnership to improve work safety
- XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work opens in Seoul: ILO report highlights need for safer workplaces
- High-level meeting in Turin from 1 to 3 July on “The European social model in the context of globalization”

Hi,
Great blog, very interesting. We are have a blog on labour standards and ethical trade on our website http://www.impacttlimited.com.
We have just released some guidelines on ‘Child Labour Remediation Guidelines in the Industrial Context” which might interest you.
There is also a newsfeed on labour standards and ethical trade issues
thanks
Martin