International Labor Organization: Meaning and Definition of

In'terna'tional La'bor Organiza"tion

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  1. a specialized agency of the United Nations working through member nations to improve working conditions throughout the world; originally an affiliate of the League of Nations: Nobel peace prize 1969. Abbr.: ILO, I.L.O.
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