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.
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Industrial safety -- Law and legislation. Employee rights. Labor laws and legislation.