International Industrial Relations Institute

The International Industrial Relations Institute was an international organization that existed from 1925 to 1947, formed to study and improve human conditions in industry. Its roots lay in the First International Conference on Industrial Welfare, held at the Chateau d'Argeronne in Argonne, France in 1922. The institute was led by American social reformer Mary van Kleeck and Dutch activist Mary Fledderus and approached workplace conditions through what they called the human factor, drawing close links to women's organizations such as the World Young Women's Christian Association and the Women's Trade Union League. It grew out of four groups of activists: state employed women factory inspectors, YWCA activists involved in industrial reform, women employed in industrial welfare units, and industrialists who employed large numbers of women. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/