Labour Rights As Human Rights [Paperback]

Are efforts to protect workers' rights compatible with the forces of globalization? How can minimum standards designed to protect labor rights be implemented in a world in which national labor law is more and more at the mercy of international forces beyond its control? The contributors to this volume argue that international agreements and institutions are of central importance if labor rights are to be protected in a globalized economy, exploring some of the options that are open to governments, civil society, and the labor movement in the years ahead.


Notes on Contributors
1. Labour Rights as Human Rights: The Unhappy State of the Art,Philip Alston
2. Social Rights in a Globalised Economy,Simon Deakin
3. The Right to Bargain Collectively in International Law: Workers' Right, Human Right, International Right?,Patrick Macklem
4. Is the ILO Effective in Upholding Labour Rights?: Reflections on the Myanmar Case,Francis Maupain
5. The Labor Dimension of the Emerging Free Trade Area of the Americas,Steve Charnowitz
6. Should the EU Have the Power to Set Minimum Standards for Collective Labour Rights in the Member States?,Anne Davies
7. The European Union and International Labour Standards: The Dynamics of Dialogue Between the EU and the ILO,Tonia Novitz
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Philip Alstonis Professor of Law at New York University Law School.