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International Labour Conference: 11th -15th Sessions

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11th Session - 1928 (30 May-16 June)

Forty-six States were represented at the Conference. The number of delegates sent by the 46 States represented was 150, including 81 Government delegates, 35 employers’ delegates, and 34 workers’ delegates. There were 192 advisers, including 82 Government advisers, 53 employers’ advisers, and 57 workers’ advisers. Thus, 342 persons in all were officially accredited to the Conference.

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

President

Dr Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Government delegate of the Argentine Republic

Vice-presidents

Mr MacWhite, Government delegate of the Irish Free State

Mr Hans Vogel, German Employers’ delegate

Mr Tom Moore, Canadian Workers’ delegate

 

Source: Minutes of the First Sitting.

I. Minimum wage fixing machinery (final discussion);

II. Prevention of industrial accidents, including accidents due to coupling on railways (first discussion).

The Eleventh Session of the International Labour Conference held twenty-two plenary sittings and adopted a Recommendation and a Draft Convention:

12th Session - 1929 (30 May-21 June)

Fifty States were represented at the Conference, a number which has never before been reached. The number of delegates sent reached 161, among them 88 Government delegates, 37 employers’ delegates, and 36 workers’ delegates. There were 241 advisers, of which 93 advisers to Governments, 75 advisers to employers, and 73 advisers to workers. Thus, there was a total of 402 persons who were officially accredited to the Conference; this figure constitutes the highest number of delegates and advisers which has yet been present at the Conference.

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

President

Dr Brauns, German Government delegate

Vice-presidents 

H.E. Charles Duzmans,  Latvian Government delegate

Mr Georges Curcin, Employers’ delegate of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes

Mr Arvid Thorberg, Swedish Workers’ delegate

 

Source: Minutes of the First Sitting.

I. Prevention of industrial accidents (final discussion)

II. Protection against accidents of workers engaged in loading or unloading ships (final discussion);

III. Forced labour (first discussion);

IV. hours of work of salaried employees (first discussion).

The Twelfth Session of the International Labour Conference held twenty-six plenary sittings and adopted four Recommendations and two Draft Conventions:

  • Recommendation (No. 31) concerning the Prevention of Industrial Accidents
  • Recommendation (No. 32) concerning Responsibility for the Protection of Power-driven Machinery
  • Recommendation (No. 33) concerning Reciprocity as regards the Protection against Accidents of Workers employed in Loading or Unloading Ships
  • Recommendation (No. 34) concerning the Consultation of Workers' and Employers' Organisations in the Drawing up of Regulations dealing with the Safety of Workers employed in Loading or Unloading Ships
  • Convention (No. 27) concerning the Marking of the Weight of Heavy Packages transported by Vessels
  • Convention (No. 28) concerning the Protection against Accidents of Workers employed in Loading or Unloading Ships

13th Session - Maritime Conference - 1929 (10-26 October)

Thirty-four States were represented at the Thirteenth Session. The number of delegates sent was 110, including 61 Government delegates, 24 employers' delegates, and 25 workers' delegates. There were 158 technical advisers. The total number of persons officially accredited to the Conference was thus 268.

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

President

H.E. Eduard Aunos Perez, Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Spanish Government delegate.

Vice-presidents

Mr Niilo A. Mannio, Finnish Government delegate

Mr Paul de Rousiers, French Employers’ delegate

Mr Benjamin Tillett, British Workers’ delegate

 

Source: Minutes of the First Sitting.

I. Regulation of hours of work on hoard ship.

II. Protection of seamen in case of sickness (including the treatment of seamen injured on board ship),

(a) The individual liability of the shipowner towards sick or injured seamen;

(b) Sickness insurance for seamen.

III. Promotion of seamen's welfare in port.

IV. Establishment by each maritime country of a minimum requirement of professional capacity in the case of captains, navigating and engineer officers in charge of watches on hoard, merchant ships.

The Thirteenth Session of the International Labour Conference held fifteen plenary sittings and adopted four conclusions:

  • Regulation of Hours of Work on board Ship
  • Protection of Seamen in case of Sickness (including the Treatment of Seamen injured on board Ship)
  • Promotion of Seamen's Welfare in Port
  • Minimum Requirement of Professional Capacity in the case of Captains, Navigating and Engineer Officers in charge of Watches on board Merchant Ships

14th Session - 1930 (10-28 June)

Fifty-one states were represented. The number of delegates sent was 156, including 86 Government delegates, 35 employers’ delegates, and 35 workers’ delegates. The number of advisers was 209. There were thus 365 persons officially accredited to the Conference.

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

President

Mr Ernest Mahaim, Belgian Government delegate.

Vice-presidents

Mr Tchou, Chinese Government delegate

Mr Szydlowski, Polish employers’ delegate

Mr Suzuki, Japanese workers’ delegate

Source: Minutes of the First Sitting.

I. Forced Labour.

II. Hours of Work of Salaried Employees. 

III. Question hours work coal mines.

The Fourteenth Session of the International Labour Conference held twenty-two plenary sittings, and adopted five Recommendations and two Draft Conventions:

15th Session - 1931 (28 May-18 June)

Forty-nine States were represented, including twenty-seven European States and twenty-two non-European States. The number of delegates sent was 144 (81 Government delegates, 32 employers' delegates, 31 workers' delegates). The number of advisers was 209. Thus, in total 353 persons were officially accredited to the Conference. 

Source: Report of the Credentials Committee. 

President

Mr François Sokal, Polish Government delegate

Vice-presidents

Mr Bramsnaes, Danish Government delegate

Mr Gemmili, South African employers' delegate

Mr Schüren, Swiss workers' delegate.

Source: Minutes of the First Sitting.

I. Age of admission of children to employment in non-industrial occupations.

II. Hours of work in coal mines.

III. Partial revision of the Convention concerning employment of women during the night.

The Fifteenth Session of the International Labour Conference held twenty-one plenary sittings, and adopted a Draft Convention: