The International Labour Organisation and film

ABSTRACT

This article contributes to discussion of continuity and change in the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) history, asking how the organisation and worker activities have been depicted in film. Since the 1920s, the films in which the organisation portrays itself have placed less emphasis on its European base, the largely male culture that once dominated it and the precise nature of its role in the world. In more recent years, the ILO’s cinematic output has made an effort to emphasise work, workers and their collective activity. Their short films have also come to overtly advocate ‘partnership’ trade unionism within a wider international and perspective while paying much more attention to matters of racial and gender diversity. These changes have been framed within the organisation’s constant assertion of continuity in its values and explicit use of its own history. Film has therefore contributed to consistency and continuity in its self-projection, providing parameters within which change has occurred.     

Forced to pass and other sins against authenticity

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国际社会对贸易自由化与国际劳工标准的辩论

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从中国与新西兰《劳动合作谅解备忘录》看国际贸易与国际劳工标准问题

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Maquila Workers in Mexico: The Prospects for Organization and International Solidarity

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劳权本位:劳动法律体系构建的基点和核心--兼论劳动法律体系的几个基本理论问题

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工会“创争”活动与企业文化建设

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论《劳动法》的修改与完善

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