International Labor Norms
Red = Adopted by U.S.

Constitution of the International Labor Organization (1919)   

Declaration of Philadelphia (1944)
Fundamental International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions
“Eight ILO Conventions have been identified by the ILO’s Governing Body as being fundamental to the rights of human beings at work, irrespective of levels of development of individuals member States. These rights are a precondition for all others in that they provide for the necessary implements to strive freely for the improvement of individual and collective conditions of work.”

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize (1948) (87), September 9, 1991

Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining (1949) (98)

(Abolition of) Forced Labour (1930) (29)

Abolition of Forced Labour (1957) (105)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) (1958) (111)

Equal Remuneration (1951) (100)

Minimum Age (Elimination of Child Labour) (1973) (138)

Worst Forms of Child Labour (1999) (182), ratified December 2, 1999

Other urgent unratified conventions:

on maternity rights (1952) (103)

on the right of association in agriculture (1921) (11)

on the rights of migrant workers (1975) (143)