In Brief
The International Labor Organization was founded in 1919 and incorporated into the United Nation (UN) as a specialized agency in 1945. It emphasizes the need for workers to enjoy conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity through their employment.
The ILO promotes international labor standard through its field offices in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia.
The ILO has 187 state members. 186 of the 193 member states of the UN plus the Cook Islands are members of the ILO. The UN member states which are not members of the ILO are Andorra, Bhutan, Liechtenstein, Micronesia, Monaco, Naura and North Korea.
My current stint with the ILO Asia and Pacific Region office located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as its freelance translator and interpreter has provided me with an insight of the informal economy that accounts for jobs that are neither taxed nor monitored by the authorities, and that make up a huge proportion of developing economies. Some two third of the world's working people are employed in such grey market jobs. They are described to name a few as rickshaw pullers, tut tut drivers, tea and fruit pickers, sewage cleaners and clothes sewers. ILO's catch phrase has always been - decent work. It applies to both the formal and informal sectors. It must address all kind of jobs, people and families. It is a multi dimensional concept because it touches the humane grounds.
The ILO promotes international labor standard through its field offices in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia.
The ILO has 187 state members. 186 of the 193 member states of the UN plus the Cook Islands are members of the ILO. The UN member states which are not members of the ILO are Andorra, Bhutan, Liechtenstein, Micronesia, Monaco, Naura and North Korea.
My current stint with the ILO Asia and Pacific Region office located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as its freelance translator and interpreter has provided me with an insight of the informal economy that accounts for jobs that are neither taxed nor monitored by the authorities, and that make up a huge proportion of developing economies. Some two third of the world's working people are employed in such grey market jobs. They are described to name a few as rickshaw pullers, tut tut drivers, tea and fruit pickers, sewage cleaners and clothes sewers. ILO's catch phrase has always been - decent work. It applies to both the formal and informal sectors. It must address all kind of jobs, people and families. It is a multi dimensional concept because it touches the humane grounds.
1st May 2020 is Labor Day in Malaysia.
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