The ILO's Response to Globalization

INTERNATIONAL
LABOUR
ORGANISATIONAL
AND
GLOBALISTATION

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Overview of International Labour Organisation....................................................................1
Globalisation and Its Challenges............................................................................................2
Responses and Arguments......................................................................................................4
Recommendations and Suggestions.......................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Critical Assessment refers to the practice associated with development of several
arguments for, as well as against the subject matter and evaluating those arguments with respect
to the same (Evans, 2012). In addition to this, it also allows in development of an in depth
research towards the topic in question, which would allow in analysing different views that
would develop in a detailed 360 degree assessment of the same. Hence, in regards to this, below
is an essay on the topic, “The ILO [International Labour Organisation] has failed to provide a
coherent response to the insecurities and inequalities thrown up by...globalization”. Hence, in
regards to this, the assignment would be including various themes to support the analysis of this
topic, along with different point of views to provide various angles towards assessing this
argument.
MAIN BODY
The ILO [International Labour Organisation] has failed to provide a coherent response to the
insecurities and inequalities thrown up by...globalization
Overview of International Labour Organisation
International Labour Organisation is an agency within the United Nations which was
formed to promote the working standards, as well as to enhance the social justice system for the
labour groups all over the world along with certain improvements in regards to the labour
standards globally (Harrod and O'Brien,, 2012). Within the UN, the ILO was the very first
specialised agency. Its history is as old as the World war as it was set in 1919 with an agenda
towards promotion of labour standards. The main principle upon which this organisation was set
up to work was to protect and safeguard the rights and interests of labour. During that era, there
were harsher and more severe conditions for labours to work upon, which neither gave them
satisfaction within their work, nor did it give them enough remuneration to look after themselves
and their peers. Hence, there were several appropriate and effective approaches and steps that
were taken by this agency back in the day to improvise these conditions and working standards
for the workers and employees. In regards to this, in 1963, the agency won Novel Peace Prize for
its tremendous efforts towards improvising employment standards (Rogaly, 2008).
The format to function which ILO followed at the time of its inception was rather simpler.
to appropriately transfer the income from the capital to employees and workers. The reason for
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