Articles

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Still Unjaded: Jim Atleson’s Twenty-first Century Turn to International Labor Law, Articles & Chapters (2009)
[Excerpt] I came late to the academy and am still more of a trade unionist...
 

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Should Labor Defend Worker Rights as Human Rights? A Debate (with Jay Youngdahl), Articles & Chapters (2009)
The authors debate the relative merits and drawbacks of defining the labor movement under the...
 

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Workers’ Rights, Articles & Chapters (2008)

[Excerpt] Corporate social responsibility (CSR) brings an important dimension to the global economy. CSR can...

 

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A Question of Timing (with Deborah Greenfield), Articles & Chapters (2007)
US labour law violates ILO standards not at the margins, but at the core.
 

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Striker Replacements: A Human Rights Perspective, Articles & Chapters (2006)

[Excerpt] United States labor law on workers' right to strike meets international human rights standards—up...

 

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More Thoughts on the Worker-Student Alliance: A Response to Steve Early, Articles & Chapters (2004)
[Excerpt] My comments here reflect ten degrees of difference. While I mostly agree with him,...
 

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Trade unions, NGOs, and corporate codes of conduct, Development in Practice (2004)
The proliferation of corporate codes of conduct generates both alliance and tension between trade unions...
 

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More Thoughts on the Worker-Student Alliance: A Reply to Steve Early, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas (2004)

[Extract] Early’s vignette about his Miners for Democracy experience sets the stage for an...

 

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Assessing Assessments: A Survey of Efforts to Measure Countries’ Compliance with Freedom of Association Standards, Articles & Chapters (2003)

[Excerpt] This article surveys efforts by governmental and nongovernmental organizations to assess countries' compliance with...

 

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The ILO Core Standards Declaration: Changing the Climate for Changing the Law, Articles & Chapters (2003)
[Excerpt] Labor law in the United States is deeply entrenched against domestic pressure for change,...
 

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A Human Rights Problem on Campus, Articles & Chapters (2002)
[Excerpt] Standing for tolerance, diversity, and dialogue in an otherwise "my-way" society, Yale, Brown, UMass...
 

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Core Labour Rights: Promise and Peril, Articles & Chapters (2002)
The rush to core labour standards invites the response that other workers' concerns are not...
 

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Pursuing International Labour Rights in U.S. Courts, Industrial Relations (2002)
Filing lawsuits in U.S. federal and state courts for workers' rights violations suffered by workers...
 

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Ensuring a Decent Global Workplace: Labor Rights Belong in Trade Agreements, Articles & Chapters (2001)
[Excerpt] Linking workers' rights to international trade is an idea whose time has come and...
 

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Labor Rights in the Generalized System of Preferences: A 20-Year Review (with Jeffrey S. Vogt), Articles & Chapters (2001)

[Excerpt]In the fall of 1982, a small group of labor, religious, and human rights activists...

 

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NAFTA’s Labour Side Agreement and International Labour Solidarity, Articles & Chapters (2001)
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its supplemental labour pact, the North American...
 

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Is There an Emerging Transnational Regime for Labor Standards, American Society of International Law Proceedings (1999)
[Extract] Professor Compa spoke about the NAALC and a recent case illustrating the dynamic described...
 

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Democratizing the Trade Debate, Articles & Chapters (1998)
[Excerpt] A thorough democratization of policy debates and decision-making is a precondition for progress in...
 

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The Multilateral Agreement on Investment and International Labor Rights: A Failed Connection, Articles & Chapters (1998)

[Excerpt] This essay starts with an anecdote to suggest that foreign direct investment can serve...

 

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...And the Twain Shall Meet?, Articles & Chapters (1995)
[Excerpt] No country or company should gain a commercial edge in international trade by jailing...
 

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Enforcing International Labor Rights through Corporate Codes of Conduct (with Tashia Hinchliffe-Darricarrère), Articles & Chapters (1995)
This article first reviews initiatives by the international community to address the "linkage" between trade...
 

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Stop Sending Mixed Signals to General Pinochet, Articles & Chapters (1988)
[Excerpt] We should not apologize for U.S. enforcement of the new labor rights laws against...
 

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Coming Home to Golf, Articles & Chapters (1987)
[Excerpt] For a mainstream sports buff turning 40, golf takes on a new allure. Unexpected,...
 

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Holding the Line: Labor’s Safety & Health Movement, Articles & Chapters (1987)
[Excerpt] Is OSHA finally enforcing the law after years of laxity? Or, as most activists...
 

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The Faces of Global Competition, Articles & Chapters (1986)
[Excerpt] Most unions are seen as protectionist, and the label is often justified. "Stop Imports"...
 

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Back to Basics for the Labor Movement, Articles & Chapters (1981)
[Excerpt] Today, however, most union leaders are hardly sanguine about the future. Companies are escalating...
 

Books

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Unfair Advantage: Workers’ Freedom of Association in the United States Under International Human Rights Standards, Book Samples (2005)
This book exposes the violations of human rights witnessed daily in workplaces across the United...
 

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Justice for All: A Guide to Worker Rights in the Global Economy (2003)
[Excerpt] In the push for a global economy, ensuring human and worker rights is a...
 

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L ABOR RE LATIONS LAW IN NORTH AMERICA (2000)
[Excerpt] This volume is the first of a set of comparative guides to labor law...
 

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Labor Rights in Haiti, Monographs (1989)
[Excerpt] This study of labor rights in Haiti was conducted on behalf of the International...
 

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Trade’s Hidden Costs: Worker Rights in a Changing World Economy (with John Cavanagh, Allan Ebert, Bill Goold, Kathy Selvaggio, and Tim Shorrock), Monographs (1988)

[Excerpt] For decades, the U.S. foreign assistance program has sought with limited results to...

 

Unpublished Papers

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Blood, Sweat, and Fear: Workers' Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants (2005)

Workers in American beef, pork, and poultry slaughtering and processing plants perform dangerous jobs in...

 

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A Second Look at the Hormel Strike, Working Papers (1986)
[Excerpt] The dispute between the United Food and Commercial Workers and its Local P-9 over...
 

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Labor Law and the Legal Way: Collective Bargaining in the Chilean Textile Industry under the Unidad Popular, Working Papers (1973)
[Excerpt] This study describes the legal creation of an industry-wide, tripartite collective bargaining structure in...
 

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Chile: Report from the field, September 1972, Research Studies and Reports (1972)
[Excerpt] “El pais es pobre.” Sooner or later any Chilean, whichever side he or she...
 

Presentations

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Trade Liberalization and Labour Law, Conference Proceedings, Presentations, and Speeches (2006)

[Excerpt] This general report considers 23 national reports from colleagues in North America, South America,...

 

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