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Internet Resources
  • Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) (US Department of Labor)
    Includes annual reports, publications on child labor, foreign labor trends, United States Employment Impact Review, Labor Rights Report, Laws Governing Exploitative Child Labor Report and North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) documents.
  • Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)
    The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor leads the U.S. efforts to promote democracy, protect human rights and international religious freedom, and advance labor rights globally.
  • European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
    Fact sheets present a snapshot of working conditions in various sectors. Also available are case studies, annual reports, findings, and various other publications.
  • International Labor Rights Fund
    ILRF is an advocacy organization dedicated to achieving just and humane treatment for workers worldwide. Annual reports from 2003-2007.
  • International Labour Organization (ILO)
    Publishes International Standards, research results, statistics, news, featured articles and more on a variety of topics related to labor. Topics covered include enterprise development, social security, gender issues, international migration, industrial relations, labour law, child labour, occupational safety and health, and workers’ rights. Employment in the globalized economy and in the information society is a primary focus. The problems confronting workers and employers in developing, transition and industrialized economies are addressed, the objective being to contribute to the ILO goal of “decent work” for all.

Databases and Statistics

  • CISDOC - Occupational Safety and Health database
    Nearly 50,000 citations of documents on occupational health and safety: law and regulations, chemical safety data sheets, training material, journal articles, books and ILO conventions.
  • ILOLEX - database of International Labour Standards
    Full-text of conventions and recommendations, ratification information, comments of the Committee of Experts and the Committee on Freedom of Association, discussions of the Conference Committee, representations, complaints, and General Surveys.
  • Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM)
    A comprehensive database of country-level data on 20 key indicators of the labour market, a training tool on development and use of labour market statistics, highlights of current labour market trends and analyses of key issues in the labour market.
  • LABORDOC
    Labordoc, the ILO Library's database, contains references and full text access to the world's literature on the world of work. Includes books, articles, reports, and journals available at the ILO Library in Geneva and ILO libraries around the world.
  • LABORSTA - database of labour statistics
    Covers official core labour statistics and estimates for over 200 countries since 1969. Also provides methodological descriptions of main national statistical sources.
  • Labour Force Surveys
    Compiles web sites which contain data from national statistical agencies, the ILO and other sources. Includes links to source web sites and references to print publications available in the ILO Library.
  • NATLEXD
    Database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation. Provides abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information, and they are indexed by keywords and by subject classifications. Each record in NATLEX appears in only one of the three ILO official languages (English/French/Spanish). Where possible, the full text of the law or a relevant electronic source is linked to the record.
  • Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour (IPEC-SIMPOC)
    Processed child labour data can be accessed in the form of national child labour survey reports, statistical country-briefs and other resources derived from household-based SIMPOC surveys.

Books

Reference E-Books

  • St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide , 2v, 2003
    The 2-vol. St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide provides in-depth analysis of more than 300 key events in labor history over the last 200 years, focusing on the relevance of these events to both the labor movement as a whole and to societal changes around the world.

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