O direito do trabalho no cenário internacional contemporâneo: produção e controle de normas no âmbito da organização internacional do trabalho

Abstract

In the last years the world has passed through a intensification of social global life. It is a consequence of the development of efficient media and transportation. The capital as well as the production became global and rebuilt the global division of labour into a new perspective. The industry growth in underdeveloped countries brought the debate from the beginnings of International Labour Law into light. It relates to the need of balance in trade relations. More than ever this legal subject, developed after a long century of struggles and demands for better working conditions, deserves more attention. Considering the globalizing context where we live, labour relations cannot be seen by nationalists’ approaches as they are closely connected to production. This research aims to analyze the circumstances in which International Labour Law was built on. Moreover it intends to point solutions for the current challenges on labour issues. For this, we studied the role of International Labour Organization (ILO) in protecting labour worldwide and it’s systems for production and control of rules. The investigation suggests that, despite the great advances achieved by these ILO’s systems, many obstacles remain for the applicability of international labour standards. These systems work under tripartism, including workers’ and employers’ representatives. The evidences demonstrate that social-economic inequality between countries, informal sector growth, lack of politic will, diversity of labour standards’ systems and insufficiency of penalty mechanisms configure the main limitations to the effectiveness of international labour law. In Brazil international labour standards have had limited impact, as many legal professionals ignore them. However, we verify that ILO’s experience in creating and controlling the application of international labour standards constitute a critical legal know-how which can be of great value to deal with the nowadays challenges on Labour Law, whether in the local or in the global level.