Contributions to the International Labor Organization

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1957 - 116 pages
Considers legislation to authorize an increase in U.S. contributions to ILO.
 

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Page 63 - be established only if it is based upon, social justice. "Conditions of labor exist involving such injustice, hardship, and privation to large numbers of people as to produce unrest so great that the peace and harmony of the world are imperiled." Whereas, our participation has convinced us that the International Labor Organization is not accomplishing these objectives,
Page 79 - privation to large numbers of people as to produce unrest so great that the peace and harmony of the world are imperiled; and an improvement of those conditions is urgently required; as, for example, by the * * * recognition of the principle of freedom of association.
Page 112 - all human beings, irrespective of race, creed or sex, have the right to pursue both their material well-being and their spiritual development in conditions of freedom and dignity, of economic security and equal opportunity.
Page 45 - Art. 3, sec. 5, of the ILO constitution provides: "The members undertake to nominate nongovernment delegates and advisers chosen in agreement with the industrial organizations, if such organizations exist, which are most representative of employers or workpeople, as the case may be, in their respective countries.
Page 67 - objectives. Two new committees, the Worker Advisory Committee and the Employer Advisory Committee, will be established to work with the three departments on ILO problems. The National Association of Manufacturers and the United States Chamber of Commerce will
Page 80 - states: The Members undertake to nominate non-government delegates and advisers chosen in agreement with the industrial organizations, if such organizations exist, which are most representative of employers or workpeople, as the case may be, in their respective countries.
Page 36 - The High Contracting Parties, moved by sentiments of justice and humanity as well as by the desire to secure the permanent peace of the world, and with a view to attaining the objectives set forth in this Preamble, agree to the following Constitution of the International Labour Organisation
Page 31 - issued by the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York and the Commerce and Industry Association of New York, Inc. The present committee's report, then, must be viewed as part of a widespread and thorough reexamination of the questions raised by the criticisms of ILO by the Chamber of Commerce of the
Page 100 - Article I of the latest rules of the International Cooperative Alliance—besides listing their name in English, French, German, and Russian, official languages of the movement as per article 5—states, and I quote: The International Cooperative Alliance, in continuance of the work of the Rochdale Pioneers and in accordance with their principles,
Page 87 - This list does not include the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the International Monetary Fund, which are financed by capital subscriptions from member governments and income from operations rather than by annual contributions.

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