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 International
Labour Organization (ILO)
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has been dealing with
labour and social problems of the mining industry since its early
days, making considerable efforts to improve the working and living
conditions of those in the mining industry from the adoption of
the Hours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention (No. 31) in 1931 to the
Safety and Health in Mines Convention (No. 176), which was adopted
by the International Labour Conference in 1995.
For over 50 years, tripartite meetings on mining have addressed
a variety of issues ranging from employment, working conditions
and training in occupational safety and health and industrial relations
in coal and non-coal mining. The results are over 140 agreed conclusions
and resolutions, some of which have been used at the national level.
Others have triggered ILO action - including a variety of training
and assistance programmes in member states, and some have led to
the development of codes of safety practice including, most recently,
the new Mining Convention.
Labour and social issues in mining cannot be separated from other
considerations, whether they be economic, political, technical or
environmental. While there can be no model approach to ensuring
that the mining industry develops in a way that benefits all those
involved, there is clearly a need that it should do so. The ILO
is doing what it can, but it cannot work alone. It must have the
active involvement of the social partners in order to maximise its
impact.
The ILO also works closely with other international organisations,
bringing the social and labour dimension of mining to their attention
and collaborating with them as appropriate. Most recently, the ILO
has been associated with the Mining, Minerals
and Sustainable Development (MMSD) project. The ILO's objective
is to ensure that all mineworkers have the opportunity for decent
working conditions in an industry that contributes to sustainable
development.
Further information is available on the ILO mining website:
[http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/sectors/mining.htm]
The featured documents are organised according to the following
topics:
•Safety and Health
•Small-Scale Mining
•Employment and Working Time
•Coal
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The following documents are Adobe PDF copies of online web
pages. Where possible the original versions should be viewed
online.
Safety
and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (PDF) - Convention
No. 176 [http://ilolex.ilo.ch:1567/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C176]
and its accompanying Recommendation
No. 183 (PDF) - 1995.
Medical
Examination of Young Persons (Underground Work) Convention,
1965 - Convention No. 124 [http://ilolex.ilo.ch:1567/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C124]
Minimum
Age (Underground Work) Convention, 1965 (PDF)
- Convention No. 12 [http://ilolex.ilo.ch:1567/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C123]
Underground
Work (Women) Convention, 1935 (PDF) - Convention
No. 45 [http://ilolex.ilo.ch:1567/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C045]
Hours
of Work (Coal Mines) Convention (Revised), 1935
(PDF) - Convention No. 46 - (Withdrawn) [http://ilolex.ilo.ch:1567/cgi-lex/convde.pl?C046]
Encyclopaedia of occupational safety
and health (PDF) - 4th ed., V. 3, Geneva, 1998. [Available
for purchase from the ILO Bookshop only: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/publ/booksoh.htm]
An ILO code of practice on HIV/AIDS
and the world of work / VIH/SIDA y el mundo del trabajo
/ Le VIH/SIDA et le monde du travail (English
PDF | French
PDF | Spanish
PDF) - International Labour Office, Geneva, 2001.
Safety and health in opencast mines:
An ILO code of practice / La sécurité et la
santé dans les mines à ciel ouvert / Seguridad
y salud en minas a cielo abierto (English
PDF | French
PDF | Spanish
PDF) - International Labour Office, Geneva, 1991.
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Small-scale gold mining: Examples from Bolivia, Philippines
& Zimbabwe - Ed. Norman S. Jennings, Sectoral Activities
Programme Working Paper, SAP 2.76/WP.130, Geneva 1999. The
document is only available online: [http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/goldmine/]
Child labour in small-scale mining: Examples from Niger,
Peru & Philippines - Ed. Norman S. Jennings, Sectoral
Activities Programme Working Paper, SAP 2.78/WP.137, Geneva
1999. The document is only available online: [http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/childmin/]
Social
and Labour Issues in Small-Scale Mines - Report
for the Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour Issues in
Small-scale Mines, Geneva 17-22 May, 1999.
Safety and Health in Small-Scale
Surface Mines: A Handbook / Guide sur la sécurité
et hygiène dans les petites mines à
ciel ouvert / Seguridad y salud en minas de superficie
de pequeña escala: Manual (English
PDF | French
PDF | Spanish
PDF) - Manfred Walle and Norman Jennings with
illustrations by Rita Walle, Sectoral Activities Programme
Working Paper, WP.168, 2001.
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Note
on the proceedings: Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour
Issues in Small-Scale Mines - Geneva, 1999.
Towards
Building Sustainable Livelihoods in 'Artisanal Mining' Communities
(PDF) - Beatrice Labonne
(UN DESA) and Jonathan Gilman (UNDP), Tripartite Meeting
on Social and Labour Issues in Small-scale mines, ILO, Geneva,
17-21 May 1999.
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The evolution of employment, working
time and training in the mining industry: Report for discussion
at the Tripartite Meeting on the Evolution of Employment,
Working Time and Training in the Mining Industry (English
PDF | French PDF
| Spanish PDF) - International
Labour Office, Geneva, October 2002.
Working
time arrangements in the Australian mining industry: Trends
and implications with particular reference to occupational
safety and health (PDF) - Karthryn Heiler, Richard
Pickersgill and Chris Briggs, Sectoral Activities Programme
Working Paper, International Labour Organisation (ILO) WP.162,
Geneva, 2000.
The impact
of climate change policies on employment in the coalmining
industry - Cain Polidano, Sectoral Activities
Programme Working Paper, SAP 2.64/WP.115, Geneva, 1997.
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The impact
of climate change policies on employment in the coalmining
industry - Cain Polidano, Sectoral Activities
Programme Working Paper, SAP 2.64/WP.115, Geneva, 1997.
The following documents are not available in electronic format.
Conclusions and resolutions adopted
by the Coal Mines Committee and the Tripartite Technical
Meetings on Mines Other than Coal Mines - 1997.
Productivity, employment and industrial
relations in coalmines: Three case-studies from Australia,
United Kingdom, United States - Jennings, Norman
S.(ed.), Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, SAP
2.40/WP.78, Geneva, 1994.
Productivity, employment and industrial
relations in coal mines: Three case-studies from China,
India and Zimbabwe - Jennings, Norman S (ed.), Sectoral
Activities Programme Working Paper, SAP 2.39/WP.77, Geneva,
1994.
Productivity, employment and industrial
relations in coalmines: Two case-studies from the Czech
Republic and the Russian Federation - Jennings, Norman
S.(ed.), Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, SAP
2.38/WP.76, Geneva, 1994.
Recent developments in the coalmining
industry; and Productivity and its impact on employment
and labour relations in the coalmining industry -
Geneva, 1994; and Note on the Proceedings
- reports for and of the Thirteenth Session of the Coal
Mines Committee, Geneva, 1995.
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