VIII. INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION Constituent Statute-Part XIII of the treaty of Versailles with Germany; Part XIII of the treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye with Austria; Part XII of the treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine with Bulgaria; Part XIII of the treaty of Trianon with Hungary. Members "The original Members of the League of Nations shall be the original Members of this organization, and hereafter membership of the League of Nations shall carry with it membership of the said organization."-Art. 387, Treaty of Versailles. Organs "The permanent organization shall consist of: "1. a General Conference of representatives of the Members and "2. an International Labor Office controlled by the Governing Body." 1 1 Germany was admitted by the First Conference under a special ruling of the Supreme Council of the Treaty Conference. This action raised the question of the severability of the League and the Labor Organization. This is at present a technical constitutional question. GENERAL CONFERENCE Held at least once in every year. Composed of four representatives of each of the Members, of whom two shall be Government delegates and the two others shall be Delegates representing respectively the employers and the work-people of each of the Members. Each Delegate shall be entitled to vote individually on all matters. Agenda determined by the Governing Body subject to recommendation and modification by the Conference. Produces recommendations to be submitted to the Members for consideration; and draft conventions to be submitted to the Members for ratification. Sessions-1. Washington, October 29-November 29, 1919. 2. Genoa, June 15-July 10, 1920. 3. Geneva, October 25-November 19, 1921. 4. Geneva, October 18-November 3, 1922. 6. Geneva, June 16, 1924. Conventions (a) Conventions ratified. (b) Ratification authorized (Acts, etc.). (c) Ratification recommended (Bills, etc.). 1919. 1. Limiting the hours of work in industrial undertakings to eight in the day and forty-eight in the week. (a) Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Greece, India, Rumania. (b) Austria. (c) Argentine, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Spain. 2. Concerning unemployment. (a) Bulgaria, Denmark, Esthonia, Finland, Great Britain, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, Rumania, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. (b) Austria, Poland. (c) Argentine, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Latvia, 3. Concerning the employment of women before and after childbirth. (b) Italy. (c) Argentine, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands. 4. Concerning the employment of women during the night. (a) Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Esthonia, Great Britain, Greece, India, Italy, Netherlands, Rumania, South Africa, Switzerland. (b) Austria. (c) Argentine, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Spain. 5. Fixing the minimum age for admission of children to industrial employ ment. (a) Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Esthonia, Great Britain, Greece, Rumania, Switzerland. (b) Finland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland. (c) Argentine, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, France, Germany, 6. Concerning the night work of young persons employed in industry. (b) Austria, Finland, Poland. (c) Argentine, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Spain. 1920. 7. Fixing the minimum age for admission of children to employment at sea. (a) Bulgaria, Esthonia, Great Britain, Rumania, Sweden. (b) Denmark, Finland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland. (c) Argentine, Belgium, Chile, Cuba, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Spain. 8. Concerning unemployment indemnity in case of loss or foundering of the ship. (a) Bulgaria, Esthonia. (b) Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland. (c) Argentine, Belgium, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Lithuania, Spain. 9. Concerning employment for seamen. (a) Bulgaria, Esthonia, Finland, Japan, Norway, Sweden. (b) Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland. (c) Argentine, Belgium, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Lithuania, Spain. 1921. 10. Concerning the age of admission of children to employment in agriculture. (a) Czechoslovakia, Esthonia, Japan, Sweden. (b) Austria, Italy, Poland. (c) Bulgaria, Chile, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Spain. 11. Concerning the rights of association and combination of agricultural workers. (a) Czechoslovakia, Esthonia, Finland, Great Britain, India, Sweden. (b) Austria, Italy, Poland. (c) Bulgaria, Chile, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Spain. 12. Concerning workmen's compensation in agriculture. (a) Denmark, Esthonia, Great Britain, Sweden. (b) Italy, Poland. (c) Bulgaria, Chile, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Spain. 13. Concerning the use of white lead in painting. (a) Czechoslovakia, Esthonia, Sweden. (b) Austria, Greece, Italy, Poland. (c) Bulgaria, Chile, Cuba, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Spain. 14. Concerning the application of the weekly rest in industrial undertakings. (a) Czechoslovakia, Esthonia, Finland, India, Rumania. (b) Greece, Italy, Poland. (c) Bulgaria, Chile, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland. 15. Fixing the minimum age for the admission of young persons to employment as trimmers and stokers. (a) Esthonia, India, Rumania. (b) Denmark, Great Britain, Italy, Poland. (c) Bulgaria, Chile, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden. 16. Concerning the compulsory medical examination of children and young persons employed at sea. 1919. 1920. (a) Esthonia, India, Rumania. (b) Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Poland. (c) Bulgaria, Chile, Cuba, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden. Recommendations: 1. Concerning unemployment. 2. Concerning reciprocity of treatment of foreign workers. 3. Concerning the prevention of anthrax. 4. Concerning the protection of women and children against lead 5. Concerning the establishment of government health services. 7. Concerning the limitation of hours of work in the fishing industry. 10. Concerning the establishment of national seamen's codes. 1921. 11. Concerning night work of children and young persons in agriculture. 12. Concerning night work of women in agriculture. 13. Concerning the social insurance in agriculture. 14. Concerning the application of the weekly rest in commercial establish ments. 15. Concerning the development of technical agricultural education. 16. Concerning the prevention of unemployment in agriculture. 17. Concerning the protection, before and after childbirth, of women wage-earners in agriculture. 18. Concerning living-in conditions of agricultural workers. 1922. 19. Concerning communication to the International Labor Office of statistical and other information regarding emigration, immigration and the repatriation and transit of emigrants. 1923. 20. Concerning the general principles for the organization of systems of inspection to secure the enforcement of the laws and regulations for the protection of the workers. GOVERNING BODY Consists of 24 persons of whom 12 represent the Governments. Of the other half, 6 are elected by the Delegates to the Conference representing the employers and 6 by the Delegates representing the workers. Of the 12 government representatives, 8 are nominated by the Members of chief industrial importance and 4 by the Members selected by the government delegates to the conference, excluding the 8. The 8 states of chief industrial importance at present are: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy and Japan. The members of the Governing Body serve three years. Meetings-1. Washington, November 27-28, 1919. 17. Geneva, January 30-February 2, 1923. 19. Geneva, June 12-13, 1923. 20. Geneva, October 15-18, 1923. |