Hazard or Hardship : Crafting Global Norms on the Right to Refuse Unsafe Work.
Hilgert, Jeffrey.
Hazard or Hardship : Crafting Global Norms on the Right to Refuse Unsafe Work. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (221 pages)
Hazard or Hardship -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Hilgert finds that the protection of the right to refuse unsafe work, as constituted under international labor standards, is a failure and calls for a reexamination of worker health and safety policy from the ground up.
9780801469244
Industrial safety -- Law and legislation.
Employee rights.
Labor laws and legislation.
Electronic books.
K1830
342/.0684
Hazard or Hardship : Crafting Global Norms on the Right to Refuse Unsafe Work. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (221 pages)
Hazard or Hardship -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Hilgert finds that the protection of the right to refuse unsafe work, as constituted under international labor standards, is a failure and calls for a reexamination of worker health and safety policy from the ground up.
9780801469244
Industrial safety -- Law and legislation.
Employee rights.
Labor laws and legislation.
Electronic books.
K1830
342/.0684