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A Miscellany of International Employment Relations News
Miscellany 3, 2014
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Contents
Main Stories
Australia: Unions reject cuts to penalties
Australia: Joe Hockey says Fair Work minimum wage rise will cost jobs
China: Real wages for Chinas migrant workers stagnate as cost of living escalates
Nigeria: What it will take to end COEASU strike
USA: Robert Reich: Income inequality is the civil rights struggle of our time

I n Brief
Algeria: Government of Algeria must recognize NOW workers' right to form
independent trade unions
Europe: Collective Bargaining May 2014
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Korea: Korea: ITUC Demands Immediate Release of KCTU General Secretary
Morocco: Stop union-busting at Total Call
UK: Right to work checks changed

What the Unions Say
International: The Worst Places on the Planet to be a Worker
South Africa: COSATU supports minimum wages for workers
UK: Rising union membership in private sector is good for workers wanting a
decent pay rise

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Main Stories
Australia: Joe Hockey says Fair Work minimum wage rise will cost jobs
Australia/ER/Minimum Wage
The Australian, 5 June 2014 at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/joe-
hockey-says-fair-work-minimum-wage-rise-will-cost-jobs/story-fn59noo3-1226944250823
Fair Work Commissions decision to raise the minimum wage by $18.70 a week will
flow through the workforce, damaging the governments effort to lift the employment
rate, Joe Hockey says.
The Treasurer also asked the community to consider the economic impact of Sunday penalty
rates, which business leaders claim prevent small businesses from hiring more young
workers.
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Employers claimed the above-inflation rise in the minimum wage to $640.90 a week
jeopardised the jobs of unskilled workers in struggling industries, while unions said unfair
decision would ensure the wages of lowest paid would fall further behind the rest of the
workforce.
Low-paid get near $20 a week more
Push on Sunday penalties
The Treasurer today said the independent commissions decision would force Australian
businesses to pay either the highest or the second-highest minimum wage in the world.
It wasnt just the decision that the minimum wages that flow through the people on
minimum wage but it flows right through to even people above $150,000 a year getting
that sort of increase, Mr Hockey told Sky News.
So those increases in wages do have an impact on job creation, but I still remain confident
that we at this stage can try and constrict the rising unemployment we were left with.
There is an impact associated with higher wages that comes at a cost to jobs, theres no
doubt about that, so what youve got to get is improved productivity.
Mr Hockey said minimum wage workers accounted for about 2 per cent of the working
population, although a large percentage of that group doesnt stay on the minimum wage for
long.
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is campaigning for curbs in Sunday
penalty rates, which provide triple-time for some workers, arguing they damage businesses
that are eager to employ more young workers.
Mr Hockey, when asked his view on Sunday penalty rates, said thats a matter for the
future. Asked if the government would consider the issue, he said its for the community as
well.
I think there needs to be a proper consultation process and we flagged at the last election
that wed have a Productivity Commission review of workplace relations, but if there are any
substantial changes were going to take them to the next election. Now that hasnt changed.
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Australia: Unions reject cuts to penalties
Australia/IR/Penalty Rates
The Australian, 4 June 2014 at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-
affairs/policy/unions-reject-cuts-to-penalties/story-fn59noo3-1226942127245
UNIONS have rejected any link between weekend penalty rates and labour productivity and
vowed to mobilise against a business push to cut Sunday wage rates in a range of industries.
United Voice raised the possibility of a Your Rights at Work-style campaign previously used
against John Howards Work Choices, while ACTU secretary Dave Oliver disputed product-
ivity would grow if employers could pay staff less on weekends.
The Australian revealed that major business groups would start a community and industrial
campaign to cut Sunday penalty rates across a range of sectors, arguing it would increase
consumer access to weekend trading and provide youth jobs.
The push came in the wake of a Fair Work Commission finding last month limiting Sunday
penalty rates for some casual staff in the restaurant industry.
Tony Abbott was noncommittal yesterday as former treasurer Peter Costello backed lower
weekend penalty rates: I believe so much employment is going to be in service industries,
like tourism, like cafes ... penalty rates and weekend loadings are something I would do if I
wanted to encourage employment.
The Prime Minister said Australia had to boost productivity if were going to pay our way in
the world successfully, but penalty rates are a matter for the Fair Work Commission.
And people are perfectly entitled to bring applications to the commission to ensure their
businesses are profitable and they can continue to maximise employment, he said.
Two Liberal backbenchers backed the push to cut penalty rates. Victorian MP Dan Tehan
said: We need to have a mature discussion on this issue and Dave Oliver should stop
verballing the independent Fair Work Commission on the link between penalty rates and
employment.
NSW MP Alex Hawke said penalty rates were a big issue in terms of being able to open. If a
business cant open, nobody makes a wage, he said.
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Mr Oliver said the campaign was a declaration of war on workers conditions and there was
no evidence linking productivity or employment levels with penalty rates.
Acting national secretary of United Voice David OByrne said the goal is to cut workers
pay so employers can have bigger profits.
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China: Real wages for Chinas migrant workers stagnate as cost of living
escalates
China/Employment Relations/Rural Migrant Workers/Wages
China Labour Bulletin, 14 May 2014 at http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/real-wages-
china%E2%80%99s-migrant-workers-stagnate-cost-living-escalates
The average monthly wage for Chinas rural migrant workers in 2013 stood at 2,609 yuan, an
increase of 13.9 percent over the previous year. However, living expenses increased at a
much faster rate, effectively cancelling out any gains made, according to official statistics.
A new survey by the National Bureau of Statistics, published 12 May, shows that per capita
living expenses increased by 21.7 percent on average in 2013 to reach 892 yuan per month.
The main driving force behind the higher living expenses was a 27 percent increase in
accommodation costs, which now make up about 50 percent of total living expenses for
migrant workers.
These figures relate specifically to the 166 million rural migrant workers employed outside
their home area in China (). There are, in addition, 103 million rural migrants
employed in cities closer to home (), bringing the total number of migrant
workers in China to 269 million. Overall, there was a 2.4 percent increase in the number of
rural migrant workers in 2013, with the highest rates of increase seen in migrants working
closer to home (3.6 percent) and those living outside their home area as a whole family unit
(4.4 percent).
The statistics for migrant workers employed outside their home area do show a steady
increase in average monthly wages since 2010 but also a noticeable decline in the rate of
increase in the last two years. So while migrant worker incomes increased by around 20
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percent in 2010 and 2011, they only increased by 12 percent in 2012 and less than 14 percent
last year.
The average monthly income for migrant workers employed outside their home area in the
manufacturing industry was, 2,537 yuan, slightly less than the overall average. Among the
lowest paid were those in the hospitality and catering industries with an average wage of just
2,366 yuan per month, while the highest paid were in the delivery and postal sector, earning
3,133 yuan per month.
The figures indicate that low pay is still a major problem in China and will continue to be a
factor in labour disputes for the foreseeable future. Although the focus of many recent factory
strikes has been compensation for lay-offs, relocation and change of ownership etc., low pay
is often cited by workers as their most pressing grievance.
The statistics also show that the vast majority of migrant workers still do not have any form
of social insurance. In 2013, only 15.7 percent of migrant workers employed outside their
home area had a pension, 17.6 percent had medical insurance, 9.1 percent had unemployment
insurance and 6.6 percent maternity insurance. The highest coverage rate was for work-
related injury insurance at 28.5 percent but this is largely because employer contributions are
relatively low and the risks of not having insurance are very high namely that employers are
liable for all medical and living expenses following an employee accident or illness.
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Nigeria: What it will take to end COEASU strike
Nmigeria/IR/Strike/Academics
Vanguard, 4 June 2014 at http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/will-take-end-coeasu-strike/

THE strike embarked upon by the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU,
last December, has triggered mixed reactions from different sectors of society. The union has
accused government of indifference. The Federal Governments no work, no pay approach
does not seem to be helping the situation. The Academic Staff Union of Polyechnics, ASUP,
has taken a solidarity stance. Frustrated students and other concerned citizens have embarked
on mass protests. Policemen have attacked many of these protesters, and many Nigerians,
with deeper issues to worry about, do not even know that COEASU is on strike. In the midst
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of all these, two questions are most pertinent: Why is COEASU on strike, and what will it
take to end the strike? In September 2013, COEASU went on a seven-day warning strike,
threatened to go on a full-fledged strike action if the Federal Government failed to meet its
demands. Few weeks before the now six-month old strike began, Vice-President of the union,
Mr. Smart Olugbeko, in an exclusive interview, gave Vanguard Learning some insight into
the issues: - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/will-take-end-coeasu-
strike/#sthash.Mi3fZx9M.dpuf
[For the] 2010 agreement Olugbeko argued that government had refused to implement an
agreement signed with the union in 2010 which was due for a renegotiation in 2012. Some of
the features of the agreement include addressing the infrastructural deficits in Colleges of
Education (CoE) as well as the peculiar academic allowances to the tune of N5 billion which
the government has refused to pay the lecturers. COEASUS fresh demands It would be
recalled that apart from the agreement, the union also laid some fresh concerns in 2013: One
of our grievances is that government has not released funds for the accreditation of courses in
CoE since 2009 and the importance of accreditation in any tertiary institution cannot be
overemphasized. Government also owes some of our members monetisation arrears to the
tune of N1 billion since 2010. Despite correspondence with the government offices involved,
this issue is yet to be resolved. There is also the issue of under-funding as it relates to
teaching practice. Teaching practice is to CoEs what a teaching hospital is to a college of
medicine. As a result of under-funding, teaching practice is not producing the desired result
and is bound to have an adverse effect on the education sector as a whole.COEASU also
called upon government to carry out a National Economic Empowerment Development
Strategy, (NEEDS) assessment of CoE to accurately access the dilapidation and
infrastructural deficit across the campuses. Though government sent a visitation panel to the
CoE in 2012, but is yet to release a white paper to that effect. Another issue that CoEs have
hammered on for years is the harmonization of the conditions of service in tertiary
institutions. The union believes that this will, to a large extent, help stop the brain drain from
the CoE. CoEs are the lowest in the tripod of tertiary institutions. Lecturers from our
colleges run to the universities because of the poor conditions of service here. The
management of these colleges find it difficult to sponsor lecturers to further their education
because as soon as they get their PhDs, they want to go to the universities. Olugbeko also
rejected FGs proposed Information Payroll Personal System (IPPIS) where government
plans to pay all its workers from a central point in Abuja. He argued that the system will be
fraught with irregularities, cripple the recruitment efforts of tertiary institutions and put
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lecturers sabbatical at a disadvantage. The situation today Flash back eight months after
COEASUs warning strike, and six months into its full-fledged strike, the solution to the
unions strike is just in its infant stages. The government had earlier said that it would pay 50
per cent of the arrears by March and the remaining 50 per cent in April. Olugbeko in a more
recent interview said: When the Government brought that option on the table, we took it
back to our congress and the house accepted it. This is June and none of those monies has
been paid.Olugbeko also revealed that at a meeting with the National Assembly, the union
and the Supervising Minister of Education, the house directed the minister to set up a
committee to look into the issues. The committee will have other sub-committees that will
look into issues such as salary arrears, degree- awarding power of the colleges, etc. It is the
outcome of the committees that will determine whether or not we will have a congress to
discuss on the next steps to take. - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/will-
take-end-coeasu-strike/#sthash.Mi3fZx9M.dpuf
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USA: Robert Reich: Income inequality is the civil rights struggle of our
time
The former secretary of labor explains why we could be on the verge of a second Freedom
Summer
USA/IR/ER/Income Inequality
Salon, 3 June 2014 at
http://www.salon.com/2014/06/03/robert_reich_income_inequality_is_the_civil_rights_strug
gle_of_our_time_partner/
I spent several days in New York last week with students from around the country who were
preparing to head into the heartland to help organize Walmart workers for better jobs and
wages. (Full familial disclosure: My son Adam is one of the leaders.)
Almost exactly fifty years ago a similar group headed to Mississippi to register African-
Americans to vote, in what came to be known as Freedom Summer.
Call this Freedom Summer II.
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The current struggle of low-wage workers across America echoes the civil rights struggle of
the 1960s.
Today, as then, a group of Americans is denied the dignity of decent wages and working
conditions. Today, just as then, powerful forces are threatening and intimidating vulnerable
people for exercising their legal rights. Today, just like fifty years ago, people who have been
treated as voiceless and disposable are standing up and demanding change.
Although Walmart is no Bull Connor, its the poster child for keeping low-wage workers
down. Americas largest employer, with 1.4 million workers, refuses to provide most of them
with an income they can live on. The vast majority earns under $25,000 a year, with an
average hourly wage of about $8.80.
You and I and other taxpayers shell out for these workers Medicaid and food stamps because
they and their families cant stay afloat on what Walmart pays. (Ive often thought Walmart
and other big employers should have to pay a tax equal to the public assistance their workers
receive because the companies dont pay them enough to stay out of poverty.)
Walmart wont even allow workers to organize for better jobs and wages. In January, the
National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint accusing it of unlawfully threatening or
retaliating against workers who have taken part in strikes and protests.
The firm says it cant afford to give its workers a raise or better hours and working
conditions. Baloney. Walmart is Americas biggest retailer. Its policies are pulling every
other major retailer into the same race to the bottom. If Walmart halted the race, the race
would stop.
Dont worry about its investors. Its largest is the Walton family, whose combined wealth is
greater than the combined wealth of the bottom 42 percent of the entire American population.
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In Brief
Algeria: Government of Algeria must recognize NOW workers' right to
form independent trade unions
Algeria/IR/Anti-unionism
Workers Worldwide, 2 June 2014 at http://www.iuf.org/w/?q=node/3388
On June 9 last year, unions submitted to the Labour Ministry the legal documents required to
register the newly-founded General Autonomous Confederation for Algerian Workers
(Confdration gnrale autonome des travailleurs algriens - CGATA), a national federation
of autonomous unions including organizations in the private sector. According to Algerian
law, CGATA should have been granted full legal status within 30 days. One year later, it is
still waiting for the application to be confirmed. CGATA held its second well attended
general national assembly on March 29.
Legal recognition would facilitate CGATA's ability to function without government
interference and repression and to affiliate new unions, including in the private sector where
independent unions currently enjoy no legal protection. The ILO Committee on Freedom of
Association has in the past highlighted the Algerian government's violations of Conventions
87 and 98, but this year, for the first time, the ILO's Committee on the Application of
Standards will be reviewing Algeria's record on upholding fundamental trade union rights at
the International Labour Conference now underway in Geneva.
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Europe: Collective Bargaining May 2014
Europe/IR/Collective Bargaining
ETUI at http://www.etui.org/News/Collective-Bargaining-May-2014
1. Denmark - The government and the social partners signed a tripartite agreement that
aims to promote the vocational training and retraining of the workforce. A fund will
be created that will upgrade the adult education and continuing education for both
skilled and unskilled workers in an effort to strengthen the productivity and, in turn,
create workplaces.
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2. Germany - Collective bargaining partners in construction agreed on a compromise
two-year pay deal that further reduces the pay gap between East and West Germany.
From 1 June 2014 on the wages will increase with 3.1% in West Germany and 3.8%
in East Germany, followed from 1 June 2015 with another 2.6% in West and 3.3% in
East Germany.
3. Iceland - Following the collapse of negotiations between the Icelandair and the Union
of Icelandic Pilots the parliament passed a legislative bill on banning a strike.
According to the bill, the negotiators have until June 1 to reach an agreement or the
matter will be placed before an industrial disputes tribunal.
4. Ireland - The government has drafted proposals that aim to deliver on the commitment
in the coalition programme to legislate on employees right to engage in collective
bargaining. Workers will get new protection from employers in disputes over pay
cuts, pensions and other conditions.
5. Netherlands - The trade unions (FNV Bondgenoten and CNV Vakmensen) concluded
with the Employers organisation Cleaning and Office services (OSB) a 3-year
agreement that stipulates an annual pay increase of 2%, with an additional year-end
bonus of 0.2% (thus 6.6% for the total contract period). The first two days of sick
leave for account of the workers will be abolished step-by-step (one on 1 January
2015, one on 1 January 2016).
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Korea: ITUC Demands Immediate Release of KCTU General Secretary
Korea/IR/KCTU/Freedom of Association
ITUC, 4 June 2014 at
On 24 May, 30 persons, including Mr Yoo, Ki-soo, General Secretary of the Korean
Confederation of Trade Unions and Mr Ahn, Hyun-ho, Publications Director of the Korean
Government Employees Union, were arrested during a demonstration calling on the
government of Korea to take responsibility for the Sewol Ferry Disaster, in which nearly 300
died. Korean unions argue that the disaster was the result of ongoing deregulation and poor
government oversight of industrial health and safety.
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Morocco: Stop union-busting at Total Call
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Morocco/IR/ Anti-unionism
UNI, 4 June 2014 at http://www.ituc-csi.org/korea-ituc-demands-immediate
On February 13, 2014, the Total Call call centre in Casablanca, owned by the French telecom
group Iliad, dismissed five leaders of the Union Marocaine du Travail (UMT) just one day
after they officially registered a local union in the company in accordance with Moroccan
law. Among those dismissed were Mostafa Berrchid, El Mehdi Nasseur, and Kamal Souker.
The union is demanding their immediate reinstatement.
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UK: Right to work checks changed
UK/ER/Migrant Labour
CIPD, 2 June 2014 at
http://www.cipd.co.uk/pm/peoplemanagement/b/weblog/archive/2014/06/02/right-to-work-
checks-
changed.aspx?utm_medium=email&utm_source=cipd&utm_campaign=pmdaily&utm_conte
nt=020614_law_1
Employers need new HR procedures to address recent changes to the rules for checking that
employees have the right to work in the UK.
On 16 May 2014 the maximum civil penalty that employers can receive for employing
someone without the right to work increased from 10,000 to 20,000 per illegal worker. A
new code of practice on avoiding discrimination, published at the same time, emphasises that
checks should be made on all job candidates.
The checks themselves have also changed, particularly in relation to their timing and the
records that must be kept.
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What the Unions Say
International: The Worst Places on the Planet to be a Worker
International/Labour/Workers Rights
Huffington Post, 30 May 2014 at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/28/worst-
countries-workers_n_5389679.html
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Where are the worst places on the planet to be a worker?
A new report by the International Trade Union Confederation, an umbrella organization of
unions around the world, sheds light on the state of workers' rights across 139 countries. For
its 2014 Global Rights Index, the ITUC evaluated 97 different workers' rights metrics like the
ability to join unions, access to legal protections and due process, and freedom from violent
conditions. The group ranks each country on a scale of 1 (the best protections) to 5 (the worst
protections).
The study found that in at least 35 countries, workers have been arrested or imprisoned "as a
tactic to resist demands for democratic rights, decent wages, safer working conditions and
secure jobs." In a minimum of nine countries, murder and disappearance are regularly used to
intimidate workers.
Denmark was the only country in the world to achieve a perfect score, meaning that the
nation abides by all 97 indicators of workers' rights.
The U.S., embarrassingly, scored a 4, indicating "systematic violations" and "serious efforts
to crush the collective voice of workers."
Countries such as Denmark and Uruguay led the way through their strong labour laws, but
perhaps surprisingly, the likes of Greece, the United States and Hong Kong, lagged behind,
wrote ITUC general secretary Sharan Burrow in a statement about the report. A countrys
level of development proved to be a poor indicator of whether it respected basic rights to
bargain collectively, strike for decent conditions, or simply join a union at all.
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South Africa: COSATU supports minimum wages for workers
South Africa/IR/ Minimum Wage
COSATU, 3 June 2014 at http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?ID=8871
The Congress of South African Trade Unions has noted reports that the Minister of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and former President of the National Union of
Mineworkers, Senzeni Zokwana, pays his cattle herder, Vuyolwethu Ndabambi, R800 a
month, which is the equivalent of R26.30 a day, and that he works every day of the week. All
farm workers are covered by Sectoral Determinations, which stipulate the minimum wages
which must be paid to workers defined as vulnerable. This covers all farm workers,
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regardless of size of farm or the workforce. There is no exclusion. The farm workers
minimum wage is currently R2420.41 per month or R111.69 per day, R85.39 more that what
is allegedly being paid to Ndabambi. COSATU fully supports and defends the principle of
minimum wages, especially for vulnerable workers, and is also calling for the principle to be
extended to a national minimum wage for all workers. Accordingly we call on comrade
Senzeni Zokwana and indeed all those who have employed workers, including domestic
workers, to lead by example and pay their workers the minimum wages prescribed in the
sectoral determinations. We reiterate our call that the Department of Labour must develop a
capacity to enforce legislation as part of a broader strategy to enforce compliance with the
law. Failure to do so means that workers will continue to be exploited by their employers. -
See more at: http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?ID=8871#sthash.vDortRAD.dpuf
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UK: Rising union membership in private sector is good for workers
wanting a decent pay rise
UK/IR/ Union Membership
TUC, 28 May 2014 at http://www.tuc.org.uk/industrial-issues/union-issues/stronger-unions-
blog/rising-union-membership-private-sector-good
Commenting on the latest annual trade union membership statistics, published today
(Wednesday) by the Department for Business, TUC General Secretary Frances OGrady said:
Its good to see union membership hold steady as private sector growth makes up for the big
job cuts in local government, the civil service and the NHS.
Unions deliver better pay, longer holidays, more training, safer workplaces, family-friendly
jobs and decent pensions. That is because workers are stronger when they join together.
And it is why we need stronger unions to secure the pay rises that workers across Britain
need to share in the recovery.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
- The latest trade union membership figures are available at
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-union-statistics-2013
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Publications 2013-2014
Discrimination, Equality and the Law (2014) by Aileen McColgan, Oxford and Portland,
Oregon, Hart Publishing.
Tackling Youth Unemployment (2014) edited by M. Gunderson and F. Fazio, Cambridge
Scholars view at http://www.adapt.it/englishbulletin/docs/tc-youthissue.pdf
Labor Situation in J apan and I ts Analysis: General Overview 2013/2014 A compilation of
write-ups describing individual themes related to the current status of labor issues in Japan.
Available at http://www.jil.go.jp/english/lsj/index.html
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The Transformation of Employment Relations in Europe: I nstitutions and Outcomes in the
Age of Globalization (2013) edited by James Arrowsmith and Valeria Pulignano, Routledge
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Comparative Employment Relations in the Global Economy (2013) edited by Carola Frege
and John Kelly, Routledge
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Trade Unions in Western Europe: Hard Times, Hard Choices (2013) by Rebecca
Gumbrell-McCormick and Richard Hyman, Oxford University Press.
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Workforce Development and Skill Formation in Asia (2013) Edited by John Benson,
Howard Gospel and Ying Zhu at http://www.routledge.com/catalogs/asianstudies/1/3/
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Older Workers I n An Ageing Society: Critical Topics in Research and Policy, (2013) edited
by Philip Taylor, 288 pp. Hardback 978 1 78254 009 0, Edward Elgar.
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Reflexive Labour Law I n The World Society (2013) by Ralf Rogowski, 352 pp. Hardback
978 0 85793 658 5, Edward Elgar
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ILO (2013) World of Work Report 2013: Repairing the economic and social fabric
at http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/world-of-work/lang--en/index.htm
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International Labour Review Vol. 152 (3-4) I nformality across the global economy at
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/revue/
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International Labour Review Special Supplement The I nternational Labour Review and
the I LO: Milestones in a Shared History at
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/revue/index.htm
As the ILO is approaching its 100th anniversary, so is the International Labour Review. By
way of introduction to this retrospective Special Supplement, which reproduces a number of
articles written for the Review by winners of the Nobel Peace Prize or the Nobel Prize for
economics, the author looks back at the journals history, recalling its early days since the
1919 Treaty of Versailles, its subsequent development, broadening international readership
and adaptation to the digital age.
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J apanese Working Life Profile, January 2013, The Japan Institute for Policy and
Training at http://www.jil.go.jp/english/jwl.htm
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Workplace Bullying and Harassment, 2013 The J apan I nstitute for Policy and Training
Seminar on Workplace Bullying and Harassment J I LPT REPORT No. 12 at
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/reports/documents/jilpt-reports/no.12.pdf
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JIL (2013) Labor Situation in J apan and its Analysis
at http://www.jil.go.jp/english/lsj.html
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I nternational Labour Review and the I LO: Milestones in a shared history, Special
Supplement
at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/revue/index.htm
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I LO: EuroZone job crisis: trends and policy responses
at http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---
dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_184965.pdf
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Singapore: SNEF Employment Practices of Foreign Employees, 2013
Details at http://www.sgemployers.com/public/publication/publication.jsp
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Journals, Conferences, Seminars, Symposia, Meetings

AIRAANZ Newsletter Autumn 2014
AIRAANZ Autumn
Newsletter 2014.pdf

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E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies at
http://adapt.it/EJCLS/index.php/ejcls_adapt
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Associazione per gli Studi Internazionali e Comparati sul Diritto del lavoro e sulle Relazioni
industriali (ADAPT) Bulletin at
http://www.adapt.it/englishbulletin/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32
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Economic & Labour Relations Review (ELRR) at www.asb.unsw.edu.au/elrr
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Indian Journal of Industrial Relations (IJIR) at http://www.srcirhr.com/ijir.php
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International Labour Review (ILR) at
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/revue/m_scripts/index.htm
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Manuscripts to: the Managing Editor, International Labour Review, International Labour
Office, 4, route des Morillons, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland. Email: revue@ilo.org
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Japan Labor Review at http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm
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Korea: The Korean Journal of Industrial Relations (KJIR)
Korean Industrial Relations Association at
http://www.lera.uiuc.edu/news/Calls/2007/Korean%20Journal%20of%20Industrial%20Relati
ons.htm
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Korea Labor Review (KLR) at
http://www.koilaf.org/KFeng/engPublication/bbs_read_dis.php?board_no=144
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Labour and Industry at http://www.airaanz.org/labour--industry.html , Correspondence to:
Editors, Labour & Industry, Department of Management, La Trobe University, Bundoora
3086, Australia, or e-mail: s.h.young@latrobe.edu.au
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17th ILERA World Congress University of Cape Town, South Africa 7- 11 September
2015. Details at http://www.ilera2015.com/
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Irish Acadamey of Management Conference Limerick, Ireland 4-5 September 2014
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Australia: Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand
(AIRAANZ) Conference at http://www.airaanzconference2014.com
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Ireland: IREC 2014 and ESA RN17 midterm conference, 10 - 12 September 2014,
Dublin, Ireland at http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/events/2014/irec/
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ADAPT International Conference "Work-life Balance and the Economic Crisis: An
Insight from the Perspective of Comparative Law" (Italy, the UK, Germany, Argentina
and Spain) at http://moodle.adaptland.it/course/view.php?id=22
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Australia: Labour and Industry Special Issue: Trade Unions and the Making and Re-
making of Community, Work and Family Life. email to lispecialissu@gmail.com
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Other Sites
The International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at http://www.ilo.org/
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International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) at
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/iira/
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UK: Working Lives Research Institute at Subscribe to the WLRI mailing list for regular
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