Hazard or Hardship : Crafting Global Norms on the Right to Refuse Unsafe Work /
Today, hazardous work kills 2.3 million people each year and injures millions more. Among the most compelling yet controversial forms of legal protection for workers is the right to refuse unsafe work. The rise of globalization, precarious work, neoliberal politics, attacks on unions, and the idea o...
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505 | 0 | |a Introduction: commodified workers and the international response -- 1. Human rights and the struggle to define hazards -- 2. Theoretical perspectives on individual employment rights -- 3. The right to refuse in international labor law -- 4. How effective are convention 155 refusal rights? -- 5. Ideological origins of the global framework -- 6. Negotiating "safe" rights versus seeking social justice -- Conclusion: the future of labor rights in the working environment. | |
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520 | 8 | |a Today, hazardous work kills 2.3 million people each year and injures millions more. Among the most compelling yet controversial forms of legal protection for workers is the right to refuse unsafe work. The rise of globalization, precarious work, neoliberal politics, attacks on unions, and the idea of individual employment rights have challenged the protection of occupational health and safety for workers worldwide. This book presents the protection of refusal rights as a moral and a human rights question. | |
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