Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-220) and index.

ch. 1. Labor regulations worldwide. In Brazil, excessive labor regulations harm employers and workers / Economist -- Brazil needs stronger regulation of domestic workers / Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes and Patricia Tuma Martins Bertolin -- In India, more flexible labor regulations are needed to encourage growth / Sadiq Ahmed and Shantayanan Devarajan -- Chile must adopt stronger workplace safety regulations for mines / Daniela Estrada -- In Greece, vacation and retirement provisions are too generous / Spiegel Online -- American vacation policy is not sufficiently generous / David Moberg -- ch. 2. Unions and collective bargaining. China needs collective bargaining to protect workers' rights / Han Dongfang -- The erosion of collective bargaining threatens human rights in the United Kingdom and the world / Keith Ewing -- In the United States, collective bargaining harms workers and taxpayers / Robert Barro -- South Africa has moved toward greater centralization of trade unions / Johann Maree -- Canada may move toward weakening trade unions / Tom Sandborn -- French unions threaten workers' well-being / Spencer Fernando -- French unions protect workers from government / Aurelien Mondon -- ch. 3. Workplace discrimination. Workplace discrimination is a growing problem in Asia / International Labour Organization (ILO) -- Caste discrimination in South Asian communities in the United Kingdom is a serious problem / Roger Green, Stephen Whittle, and Anti Caste Discrimination Alliance (ACDA) -- Women in Russia face workplace discrimination / Elena Novikova -- In Israel, Arabs face workplace discrimination / Jonathan Cook -- ch. 4. Migrant and slave labor. Migrant domestic workers face slave labor conditions in Saudi Arabia / Human Rights Watch -- Germany is cracking down on migrant slave labor in Chinese restaurants / Andreas Ulrich -- Australian consumers should put pressure on slave labor employers / Kelly Griffin -- In Britain, internships have features in common with slave labor / Tom Rawstorne -- In Japan, internships can be valuable or exploitative / Terrie Lloyd -- Child sex trafficking in Malaysia is a serious problem / ECPAT International -- Sex workers face bias in migration policies / Susie Bright, in an interview with Laura Agustin.