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A Social Dimension for Transatlantic Economic Relations (with Henning Meyer), Research Studies and Reports (2010)
Transatlantic Economic Relations (TER) was neglected by politi¬cians for much of the twentieth century as...
A Strange Case, Articles & Chapters (2010)
[Excerpt] The disconnect reflected in Bosch's action at the Wisconsin plant between promise and performance...
A Strange Case: Violations of Workers’ Freedom of Association in the United States by European Multinational Corporations, Articles & Chapters (2010)
[Excerpt] A central conclusion of this report is that firms’ voluntary principles and policies are...
Legal Protection of Workers’ Human Rights: Regulatory Changes and Challenges in the United States, Articles & Chapters (2010)
[Excerpt] In a 2002 study, the US Government Accountability Office reported that more than 32...
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...
Introduction to Human Rights in Labor and Employment Relations: International and Domestic Perspectives (with James A. Gross), Articles & Chapters (2009)
[Excerpt] This volume is intended to collect the best current scholarship in the new and...
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...
Labor’s New Opening to International Human Rights Standards, Articles & Chapters (2008)
Most trade unionists were oblivious to international human rights movement in the last half of...
Think Globally, Film Locally (review of the Ann Lewis film Morristown), Articles & Chapters (2008)
[Excerpt] Morristown brings to life the human element missing from the political and legal analysis...
Trade Unions and Human Rights, Articles & Chapters (2008)
[Excerpt] In the 1990s the parallel but separate tracks of the labor movement and the...
A Shield Against Corporate Bullying, Articles & Chapters (2007)
[Excerpt] Workers should be able to organize without fear-mongering by bosses or, by the same...
A Question of Timing (with Deborah Greenfield), Articles & Chapters (2007)
US labour law violates ILO standards not at the margins, but at the core.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Workers’ Rights (Chinese), Articles & Chapters (2006)
[Excerpt] Corporate social responsibility (CSR) brings an important dimension to the global economy. CSR can...
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...
Labour Rights in the FTAA, Articles & Chapters (2006)
[Excerpt] Without an overall trade agreement containing stronger labour rights linkage than that of the...
Unfair Advantage: Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States under International Human Rights Standards, Industrial & Labor Relations Review (2006)
Meatpacking’s Human Toll (with Jamie Fellner), Articles & Chapters (2005)
[Excerpt] The meatpacking industry has shown little inclination to respect its workers' rights on its...
[Review of the Book From Consent to Coercion: The Assault on Trade Union Freedoms], Articles & Chapters (2005)
[Excerpt] Even in disagreement with some of its policy prescriptions, I find From Consent to...
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...
Trade Unions, NGOs, and Corporate Codes of Conduct, Articles & Chapters (2004)
The proliferation of corporate codes of conduct generates both alliance and tension between trade unions...
Blood, Sweat, and Fear: Workers’ Rights in U.S. Meat and Poultry Plants, Articles & Chapters (2004)
[Excerpt] This report covers workers’ rights in the U.S. meat and poultry industry in three...
Justice for All: The Struggle for Worker Rights in China, Research Studies and Reports (2004)
[Excerpt] In this report from the Solidarity Center series Justice for All: The Struggle for...
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 essay...
NAFTA 10 Years Later: Workers Continue to Be Exploited, Articles & Chapters (2003)
[Excerpt] A new report by the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center on core labor standards in Mexico...
Labor’s Weight Beyond Its Numbers, Articles & Chapters (2003)
[Excerpt] Beyond numbers, what unions are doing on the ground reflects their vitality. Unions are...
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...
Justice for All: The Struggle for Worker Rights in Mexico, Research Studies and Reports (2003)
[Excerpt] The Solidarity Center is launching a new series, Justice for All: The Struggle for...
Justice for All: The Struggle for Worker Rights in Sri Lanka, Research Studies and Reports (2003)
[Excerpt] In this second report of the series, renowned worker rights researcher Lance Compa assesses...
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,...
Workers’ Freedom of Association in the United States: The Gap Between Ideals and Practice, Articles & Chapters (2003)
[Excerpt] What is most needed is a new spirit of commitment by the labor law...
Globalizíación, Class Actions y Derecho de Trabajo (with Antonio Ojeda Avilés), Articles & Chapters (2002)
[Excerpt] El objeto principal de este artículo consiste en analizar la larga experiencia acumulada al...
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...
Pursuing International Labour Rights in U.S. Courts: New Uses for Old Tools, Articles & Chapters (2002)
Filing lawsuits in U.S. federal and state courts for workers’ rights violations suffered by workers...
Author’s Reply to Wheeler-Getman-Brody Papers, Articles & Chapters (2002)
[Excerpt] The contributions of Hoyt Wheeler, Julius Getman and David Brody in the December issue...
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...
[Review of the Books The Global Economy, National States, and the Regulation of Labour, Globalization and Patterns of Labour Resistance, and The State and Globalization], Articles & Chapters (2002)
[Excerpt] With their stress on complexity, contradiction, and flux, these books provide a solid analytical...
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...
Workers’ Rights in the Global Economy, Articles & Chapters (2001)
[Excerpt] Fresh information, insightful analysis, and sharp controversy marked presentations by eminent experts and advocates...
Free Trade, Fair Trade, and the Battle for Labor Rights, Articles & Chapters (2001)
[Excerpt] Labor rights advocacy is the most direct challenge to the primacy of a marketplace...
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...
Workers in the Global Economy (with Pharis Harvey, Terry Collingsworth, Bama Arthreya, John Cavanaugh, Sarah Anderson, and Robert Scott), Research Studies and Reports (2001)
[Excerpt] The Workers in the Global Economy project is part of a growing international labor...
[Review of the Book Environmental Regulations and Corporate Strategy: A NAFTA Perspective], Articles & Chapters (2000)
[Excerpt] What can proponents of liberalized international trade do about barriers to trade erected in...
U.S. Workers’ Rights Are Being Abused, Articles & Chapters (2000)
[Excerpt] The 200-page Human Rights Watch report is based on case studies across a range...
NGO-Labor Union Tensions on the Ground, Articles & Chapters (2000)
[Excerpt] There are serious tensions between NGOs and trade unions, two major advocates of workers’...
Works in Progress: Constructing the Social Dimension of Trade in the Americas, Articles & Chapters (2000)
[Excerpt] This paper reviews labor rights in the trade arrangements of four regional and binational...
L ABOR RE LATIONS LAW IN NORTH AMERICA (2000)
[Excerpt] This volume is the first of a set of comparative guides to labor law...
Labor Relations Law in North America (with Kevin Banks, Leoncio Lara, and Sandra Polaski), Research Studies and Reports (2000)
[Excerpt] In establishing their Agreement on Labor Cooperation as a complement to the North American...
[Review of the Book Trade Conditions and Labor Rights: U.S. Initiatives, Dominican and Central American Responses], Articles & Chapters (2000)
[Excerpt] With Trade Conditions and Labor Rights, Henry J. Frundt makes a signal contribution to...
Unfair Advantage: Workers’ Freedom of Association in the United States Under International Human Rights Standards, Articles & Chapters (2000)
[Excerpt] Human Rights Watch selected case studies for this report on workers’ freedom of association...
Violations de la Liberté d’Association des Travailleurs aux États-Unis et Normes Internationales des Droits de l’Homme, Articles & Chapters (2000)
A culture of near-impunity has taken shape in much of U.S. labor law and practice....
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...
Is There an Emerging Transnational Regime for Labor Standards? Remarks, Articles & Chapters (1999)
[Excerpt] In concluding his remarks, Professor Compa outlined what he sees as the major benefits...
[Review of the Book Advancing Theory in Labour Law and Industrial Relations in a Global Context], Articles & Chapters (1998)
[Excerpt] The ideas and insights in Advancing Theory are an important contribution to the on-the-ground...
Democratizing the Trade Debate, Articles & Chapters (1998)
[Excerpt] A thorough democratization of policy debates and decision-making is a precondition for progress in...
El Acuerdo de Cooperación Laboral del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte: ¿dimensión social o decepción social?, Articles & Chapters (1998)
[Excerpt] En este país los sindicatos continúan criticando los puntos débiles del Acuerdo, especialmente la...
Perspective Américaine sur l'ALENA et le Mouvement Syndical, Articles & Chapters (1998)
[Excerpt] Le climat antisyndical qui a cours aux États-Unis a conduit de grandes enterprises européennes...
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...
NAFTA's Labor Side Accord: A Three-Year Accounting, Articles & Chapters (1997)
[Excerpt] Any number of idealized "social charters" with universal standards and swift, powerful enforcement powers...
Another Look at NAFTA, Articles & Chapters (1997)
"Weak," "toothless," "worthless" and "a farce"—these were some of the epithets applied to the North...
Comparing the NAALC and the European Union Social Charter (Transcript), Articles & Chapters (1997)
This is a transcript of Professor Lance Compa’s presentation to the North American Agreement on...
Plant closings and labor rights (with John McKennirey, Leonica Lara, and Eric Griego), Research Studies and Reports (1997)
[Excerpt] This report by the Secretariat of the Commission for Labor Cooperation responds to a...
International Trade and Social Welfare: The New Agenda (Remarks), Articles & Chapters (1996)
This document is a transcript of Professor Lance Compa’s remarks at the January 7, 1995...
A World Without Work? [Review of the Books The End of Work and The Jobless Future], Articles & Chapters (1995)
[Excerpt] These two books take different routes to the same conclusion: This Time It's For...
...And the Twain Shall Meet? A North-South Controversy Over Labor Rights and Trade, Labor Research Review (1995)
[Excerpt] No country or company should gain a commercial edge in international trade by jailing...
...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...
Los Sindicatos Norteamericanos y el Tratado de Libre Comercio, Articles & Chapters (1994)
[Excerpt] Una empresa transnational por si sola puede conducir una estrategia global, pero la elite...
American Trade Unions and NAFTA, Conference Proceedings, Presentations, and Speeches (1994)
[Excerpt] The move to cheap labor and unregulated enterprise abroad puts an individual firm in...
International Labor Rights and the Sovereignty Question: NAFTA and Guatemala, Two Case Studies, Articles & Chapters (1993)
[Excerpt] Labor rights advocates in the United States and allied organizations abroad attempting to establish...
Labor Rights and Labor Standards in International Trade, Articles & Chapters (1993)
[Excerpt] This Article seeks to […] articulate a defense of enforceable international labor rights and...
The Art of Ignoring Impatient Elephants, Articles & Chapters (1993)
[Excerpt] Migrant labour was the elephant in the room when American, Mexican and Canadian negotiators...
Labor Rights in Haiti, Monographs (1989)
[Excerpt] This study of labor rights in Haiti was conducted on behalf of the International...
Laboring for Unity, Articles & Chapters (1988)
[Excerpt] Fourteen years after the military coup the Chilean people are still seeking the road...
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 further...
Coming Home to Golf, Articles & Chapters (1987)
[Excerpt] For a mainstream sports buff turning 40, golf takes on a new allure. Unexpected,...
Small Island With Big Rewards, Articles & Chapters (1987)
[Excerpt] Each leg of a trip to "Chappy," as residents know it, begins with a...
So We Have More Jobs – Low-Paid, Part-Time Ones, Articles & Chapters (1987)
[Excerpt] Granted, there have been complaints about the validity of the unemployment number in the...
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...
On Guadeloupe, A Fine Blending Of Contrasts, Articles & Chapters (1986)
[Excerpt] Contrasts like that mark the French island in the Lesser Antilles chain. Grande-Terre is...
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...
Cooperate, Hell: Unions Get What They Fight For (with Paul Baicich), Articles & Chapters (1985)
[Excerpt] Officialdom's call for labor and management to cooperate is a recurring theme in American...
To Cure Labor’s Ills Bigger Unions, Fewer of Them, Articles & Chapters (1985)
[Excerpt] Only big, coordinated unions can stop employers from playing off one group of workers...
Economic Conversation: Conversion & the Labor Movement, Labor Research Review (1985)
[Excerpt] There is nothing mysterious about economic conversion. Broadly speaking, it is the transformation of...
The Faithful Desperado, Articles & Chapters (1985)
[Excerpt] Publicly confessing fidelity is a risky step, hard to do without sounding sanctimonious. The...
Thanks to Kareem and His Unbroken Line, Articles & Chapters (1985)
[Excerpt] For those of us who are Donald Trump's age, there is a special pleasure...
Labor and the Democrats: It’s Time for a Break, Articles & Chapters (1985)
[Excerpt] Instead of tightening them, the labor movement should be re-examining its links to the...
Fighting Back: Workers Challenge Plant Shut-downs, Articles & Chapters (1985)
[Excerpt] The United Electrical Workers union, at Allentown and elsewhere, has tried to develop tactics...
Model Struggle, Yes. Model Contract, No. (with Paul J. Baicich), Labor Research Review (1984)
[Excerpt] As the largest airline union and one with a tradition of hard-nosed bargaining, the...
Rejoinder (with Paul J. Baicich), Labor Research Review (1984)
[Excerpt] Most of Randy Barber and Andrew R. Banks' response to our analysis of the...
Stacked Deck: The Rules of the Game Won’t Let the Unions Win, Articles & Chapters (1984)
[Excerpt] At the center of labor's problems is not the Reagan NLRB, but the Taft-Hartley...
Breaking Ranks: On Military Spending, Unions Hear a Different Drummer, Articles & Chapters (1982)
[Excerpt] What remains to be seen is whether the labor movement's study of military spending...
Hard Choices: Porkchops or Politics? Organizing or Merchandising? Confrontation or Accommodation?, Articles & Chapters (1982)
[Excerpt] In what direction will all these pressures—the Reagan challenge, employer hostility, and rank-and-file sentiment...
Job Blackmail [Review of the book Fear at Work: Job Blackmail, Labor, and the Environment], Articles & Chapters (1982)
[Excerpt] Ever since the establishment of environmental and workplace protections in the early 1970s, private...
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...
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...