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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...
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...
Corporate Social Responsibility and Workers’ Rights, Articles & Chapters (2008)
[Excerpt] Corporate social responsibility (CSR) brings an important dimension to the global economy. CSR can...
A Question of Timing (with Deborah Greenfield), Articles & Chapters (2007)
US labour law violates ILO standards not at the margins, but at the core.
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,...
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...
Unfair Advantage: Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States under International Human Rights Standards, Industrial & Labor Relations Review (2006)
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Core Labour Rights: Promise and Peril, Articles & Chapters (2002)
The rush to core labour standards invites the response that other workers' concerns are not...
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...
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...
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...
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...
L ABOR RE LATIONS LAW IN NORTH AMERICA (2000)
[Excerpt] This volume is the first of a set of comparative guides to labor law...
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...
Democratizing the Trade Debate, Articles & Chapters (1998)
[Excerpt] A thorough democratization of policy debates and decision-making is a precondition for progress in...
Democratizing the Trade Debate, Articles & Chapters (1998)
[Excerpt] A thorough democratization of policy debates and decision-making is a precondition for progress in...
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...
...And the Twain Shall Meet?, Articles & Chapters (1995)
[Excerpt] No country or company should gain a commercial edge in international trade by jailing...
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...
Labor Rights in Haiti, Monographs (1989)
[Excerpt] This study of labor rights in Haiti was conducted on behalf of the International...
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...
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...
Coming Home to Golf, Articles & Chapters (1987)
[Excerpt] For a mainstream sports buff turning 40, golf takes on a new allure. Unexpected,...
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...
The Faces of Global Competition, Articles & Chapters (1986)
[Excerpt] Most unions are seen as protectionist, and the label is often justified. "Stop Imports"...
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...
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...
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...