Labour Rights As Human Rights

Author : Philip Alston
Publisher : Collected Courses of the Acade
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063927284

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Labour Rights as Human Rights by Philip Alston Pdf

Are efforts to protect workers' rights compatible with the forces of globalization? How can minimum standards designed to protect labour rights be implemented in a world in which national labour law is more and more at the mercy of international forces beyond its control? And does it makeany difference if we see rights such as the right to freedom of association, to non-discrimination in the workplace, to freedom from child labour, and to safe and healthy working conditions in terms of international human rights law? Or are they more appropriately seen as 'principles' to bepromoted as and where appropriate?The contributors to this volume argue that international agreements and institutions are of central importance if labour rights are to be protected in a globalized economy. But the report cards they give to the World Trade Organization, the European Union, NAFTA, and the Free Trade Agreement of theAmericas are generally very critical. While there is a strong rhetorical commitment to labour rights, at least on the part of the US and the EU, the substance of what has been achieved to date is hardly impressive. The role of the International Labour Organization is central and the authorsexplore some of the options that are open to governments, civil society, and the labour movement in the years ahead.

Author : Roger Blanpain
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001-11-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789041116970

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Labour Law, Human Rights and Social Justice:Liber Amicorum in Honour of Prof. Dr. Ruth Ben Israel by Roger Blanpain Pdf

Dignity, Alvin L. Goldman

Author : Richard P. McIntyre
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Employee rights
ISBN : 9780472050420

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Are Worker Rights Human Rights? by Richard P. McIntyre Pdf

In a global economy, workers must assert their collective rights as workers in order to win human rights as individuals. By introducing Marxian and Institutional analysis, this book reveals the class relations and power structures that determine the position of workers in the global economy.

Author : W. Böhning
Publisher : Springer
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230508439

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Labour Rights in Crisis by W. Böhning Pdf

Innovatively linking actual implementation to ratification of International Labour Office (ILO) Core Conventions, the author develops a new method and uses unexploited data from the ILO's supervisory system to rate the achievement of basic human rights in the world of work - freedom of association and freedom from forced labour, child labour and discrimination - for 159 countries during the period 1985-2003. It will appeal to the human and labour rights communities as well as to social scientists interested in indicators or international relations.

Author : James A. Gross
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801472628

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Workers' Rights as Human Rights by James A. Gross Pdf

Provides a new perspective on the assessment of U.S. labour relations law by using human rights principles as standards for judgment. Presents recommendations for what should and can be done to bring U.S. labour law into conformity with international human rights standards.

Author : Colin Fenwick,Tonia Novitz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847315977

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Human Rights at Work by Colin Fenwick,Tonia Novitz Pdf

Concerns associated with globalisation of markets, exacerbated by the 'credit crunch', have placed pressure on many nation states to make their labour markets more 'flexible'. In so doing, many states have sought to reduce labour standards and to diminish the influence of trade unions as the advocates of such standards. One response to this development, both nationally and internationally, has been to emphasise that workers' rights are fundamental human rights. This collection of essays examines whether this is an appropriate or effective strategy. The book begins by considering the translation of human rights discourse into labour standards, namely how theory might be put into practice. The remainder of the book tests hypotheses posited in the first chapter and is divided into three parts. The first part investigates, through a number of national case studies, how, in practice, workers' rights are treated as human rights in the domestic legal context. These ten chapters cover African, American, Asian, European, and Pacific countries. The second part consists of essays which analyse the operation of regional or international systems for human rights promotion, and their particular relevance to the treatment of workers' rights as human rights. The final part consists of chapters which explore regulatory alternatives to the traditional use of human rights law. The book concludes by considering the merits of various regulatory approaches.

Author : Janice R. Bellace,Beryl ter Haar
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781786433114

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Research Handbook on Labour, Business and Human Rights Law by Janice R. Bellace,Beryl ter Haar Pdf

Inquisitive and diverse, this innovative Research Handbook explores the ways in which human rights apply to people at work, through national constitutional provisions, judicial decisions and the application of rights expressed in supranational instruments. Key topics include evaluation of the role of the ILO in developing and promoting internationally recognized labour rights, and the examination of the meaning of the obligation of business to respect human rights, considering the evolution from international soft law to incorporation in codes of conduct and the emerging requirement of due diligence.

Author : Keith D. Ewing,C. A. Gearty,B. A. Hepple
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015032428651

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Human Rights and Labour Law by Keith D. Ewing,C. A. Gearty,B. A. Hepple Pdf

Britain?, by K.D. Ewing

Author : Lance A. Compa,Stephen F. Diamond
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003-08-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 081221871X

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Human Rights, Labor Rights, and International Trade by Lance A. Compa,Stephen F. Diamond Pdf

"A significant contribution to current legal, political, and economic discourse on workers in the global economy."—International and Comparative Law Quarterly

Author : Philippa Collins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192647382

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Putting Human Rights to Work by Philippa Collins Pdf

The very existence of an employment relationship places the human rights of a worker at risk. Employers can, and frequently do, exercise their managerial and disciplinary powers in a manner that interferes with the most fundamental rights of the individual worker. Adequate safeguards against such infringements are necessary if individuals are to receive full protection of their rights. This book examines how far the labour laws of England and Wales offer such guarantees, with a particular focus on dismissal law. The chapters reflect on the relationship between employment, labour, and human rights before conducting a detailed and critical analysis of the scope, shape, and application of domestic employment law. The framework for evaluation is drawn from the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, as it develops a principled and tailored approach to how the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Right should be enforced in working relationships. Statutory mechanisms, such as the law of unfair dismissal, and common law causes of action are examined and found to be lacking in their capacity to vindicate and enforce the human rights of workers. This book culminates in the proposal and elaboration upon an innovative solution, the Bill of Rights for Workers, that would draw on the successes of human rights and labour law instruments to render the Convention rights directly enforceable in the relationship between a worker and their employer.

Author : Axel Marx,Jan Wouters,Glenn Rayp,Laura Beke
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : LAW
ISBN : 9781784711467

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Global Governance of Labour Rights by Axel Marx,Jan Wouters,Glenn Rayp,Laura Beke Pdf

Stories and images of collapsed factories, burned down sweatshops, imprisoned migrant workers, child workers and many other violations of internationally recognized labour rights continue to spread across the globe. This highly topical book examines the different instruments which are intended to protect labour rights on a transnational scale, and asks whether they make a difference. With perspectives from law, management, sociology, political science and political economy, the topics discussed include the protection of international labour rights in a globalizing economy, the EU’s social dimension in its external trade relations, Asian and US perspectives on labour rights in international trade agreements, the role of (trade) unions in global labour governance and the transformative capacity of private labour governance regimes. Academics and advanced students from different disciplines will benefit from the up-to-date empirical material in this study. Policymakers, NGOs and Unions will find the discussions of the instruments used to protect labour rights of great value to their work.

Author : International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9221133753

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Fundamental Rights at Work and International Labour Standards by International Labour Office Pdf

Labour law has long been upheld by the ILO as an essential pillar of development and peace, within member States, as well as between States. This book offers valuable insight on the application of the ILO's international labour standards.

Author : Clarence Wilfred Jenks
Publisher : London : Stevens
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Human rights
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044344864

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Human Rights and International Labour Standards by Clarence Wilfred Jenks Pdf

Author : Paul Beckett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000377774

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Labour Rights and the Catholic Church by Paul Beckett Pdf

This book explores the extent of parallelism and cross-influence between Catholic Social Teaching and the work of the world’s oldest human rights institution, the International Labour Organisation (ILO). Sometimes there is a mutual attraction between seeming opposites who in fact share a common goal. This book is about just such an attraction between a secular organisation born of the political desire for peace and justice, and a metaphysical institution much older founded to bring peace and justice on earth. It examines the principles evident in the teachings of the Catholic Church and in the secular philosophy of the ILO; together with the theological basis of the relevant provisions of Catholic Social Teaching and of the socio-political origins and basis of the ILO. The spectrum of labour rights covered in the book extends from the right to press for rights, i.e., collective bargaining, to rights themselves – conditions in work – and on to post-employment rights in the form of social security and pensions. The extent of the parallelism and cross-influence is reviewed from the issue of the Papal Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII Rerum Novarum (1891) and from the founding of the ILO in 1919. This book is intended to appeal to lay, professional and academic alike, and will be of interest to researchers and academics working in the areas of international human rights, theology, comparative philosophy, history and social and political studies. On 4 January 2021 it was granted an Imprimatur by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool, Malcolm P. McMahon O.P., meaning that the Catholic Church is satisfied that the book is free of doctrinal or moral error.

Author : Jennifer N. Fish
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781479881437

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Domestic Workers of the World Unite! by Jennifer N. Fish Pdf

From grassroots to global activism, the untold story of the world's first domestic workers' movement. Domestic workers exist on the margins of the world labor market. Maids, nannies, housekeepers, au pairs, and other care workers are most often ‘off the books,’ working for long hours and low pay. They are not afforded legal protections or benefits such as union membership, health care, vacation days, and retirement plans. Many women who perform these jobs are migrants, and are oftentimes dependent upon their employers for room and board as well as their immigration status, creating an extremely vulnerable category of workers in the growing informal global economy. Drawing on over a decade’s worth of research, plus interviews with a number of key movement leaders and domestic workers, Jennifer N. Fish presents the compelling stories of the pioneering women who, while struggling to fight for rights in their own countries, mobilized transnationally to enact change. The book takes us to Geneva, where domestic workers organized, negotiated, and successfully received the first-ever granting of international standards for care work protections by the United Nations’ International Labour Organization. This landmark victory not only legitimizes the importance of these household laborers’ demands for respect and recognition, but also signals the need to consider human rights as a central component of workers’ rights. Domestic Workers of the World Unite! chronicles how a group with so few resources could organize and act within the world’s most powerful international structures and give voice to the wider global plight of migrants, women, and informal workers. For anyone with a stake in international human and workers’ rights, this is a critical and inspiring model of civil society organizing.