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===Labour organisations ===

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The [[International Labour OrganisationOrganization]] (ILO) since its formation in 1919 has lent strong support to workers rights and its work compliments human rights as stipulated under Article 23 of the UDHR., Article 22 of the [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]] and Article 11 of the [[European Convention on Human Rights|European Convention]]. The organization has developed its own conventions and committees for advise on labour laws and mediates between trade unions and employers guarding labour principles outlined in the UN [[Global Compact]].

The ILO Conventions include [[Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention]] 1948<ref>{{cite web|title=Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87)|url=http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO:12100:P12100_INSTRUMENT_ID:312232:NO}}</ref> and the [[Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98)|url=http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO:12100:P12100_INSTRUMENT_ID:312243:NO}}</ref> In 1998 the organization issued a declaration of four core labour rights 1) freedom of association and the effective right of collective bargaining 2) the prohibition of forced compulsory labour 3) the effective abolition of child labour 4) the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment or occupation.<ref>{{cite book|last=Robertson QC|first=Geoffrey|title=Crimes Against Humanity] Check {{!}}url= scheme (help). London: Penguin Books|year=1999|publisher=Penguin Books|___location=London|isbn=978-0-141-97483-5|page=232}}</ref> Collective bargaining may be viewed as an individual right to combine with other individual workers in a position to achieve wage justice, safe working conditions, fair disciplinary treatment and comradery. It is also a practice that counterbalances and overcomes inequalities in market forces.