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with the workers. This solidari- Decent Work (2004), ed. by tional institutions will be vigi-
ty must be present whenever it is Dominique Peccoud of the lant about the effects for the
called for by the social degrad- International Labour Office, world's workers of the global
ing of the subject of work, by with participation of the World trade agreements reached in
exploitation of the workers, and Council of Churches and others, Geneva on I August 2004.
by the growing areas of poverty is the result of extensive consul- Hailed as "truly historic", the
and even hunger." Two ILO tations and international work- Agreement by 147 member
French, shop discussions amongst par-
in
publications, states of the World Trade
Dossiers I and II (ed. by Louis ticipants from different reli- Organization sets a framework
Christiaens, 1992) produce the gious, social and other back- towards removing distortions in
global trade and for continuing
1982. For example, the encycli- social and moral writings over grounds. It presents a practical
negotiations to establish new
cal Laborem Exercens issued by historical periods. They encom- and inclusive approach to the
rules on fair trade. Welcomed
Pope John Paul II on 15 pass a collection of scholarly many views on the moral and
as evidence that multilateral
September 1981 is essentially texts with extensive references social dimensions of inclusion
organizations like the WTO can
devoted to human work and to historical social and moral in, or exclusion from, the world
be effective, any future endeav-
even more, to man in the vast teachings that relate to man and of work. It adds to the bigger
ours cannot afford to ignore the
They also include
context of the reality of work. work.
and wider debate of man's place
question of social and worker
Whether the economic system is extracts from statements and in the social order along with
dimension of global trade.
capitalist or socialist, he states, debates from many of the tripar- the fundamental right to decent
"it is always man who is the tite meetings and conferences of work regardless of wealth,
Note:
purpose of work." The pope the ILO highlighting crucial class, race or creed. The effect
All sources of information and
discusses just remuneration for issues on the moral and social of any form of exclusion is
material used are acknowledged
work, the rights of unions, the dimensions of human work that humiliating to personal dignity
in the preparation of this article.
rights and responsibilities of carry forward into the twenty- leading to social degradation of
management, roles of women, first century. the human being.
multinational
corporations,
workers with disabilities and An ecumenical approach Social and worker dimen-
other labour questions. 'There is sion of global trade
a need for ever new movements A book entitled Philosophical
of solidarity of the workers and and spiritual perspectives on National, regional and interna-
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