Established in 1965 as a specialized organization affiliated with the League of Arab States, the Arab Labor Organization (ALO) is the first specialized Arab organization with focus on labour affairs and employment issues on national levels.

ALO is believing in the importance of concerted tripartite in the Arab world, as a need and a core pillar for Arab unity and the recognition that cooperation in the field of employment is the best guarantee for the Arab human rights in decent life, founded on social justice, and the process of effective cooperation for developing Arab society on solid and sound foundations, therefore ALO has a unique tripartite structure in the Arab world gives an opportunity to (workers, employers and governments) to debate and shape labor standards, policies as well as programs.