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010 _a 2011041395
020 _a9780737756685 (hardcover)
020 _a0737756683 (hardcover)
020 _a9780737756692 (pbk.)
020 _a0737756691 (pbk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn744303289
040 _aSEKU
042 _apcc
050 0 0 _aHD 6971.8
_b.W6 2012
245 0 0 _aWorkers' rights
_cNoah Berlatsky, book editor.
260 _aDetroit :
_bGreenhaven Press,
_cc2012.
300 _a234 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aGlobal viewpoints
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 218-220) and index.
505 0 0 _gch. 1.
_tLabor regulations worldwide.
_tIn Brazil, excessive labor regulations harm employers and workers /
_rEconomist --
_tBrazil needs stronger regulation of domestic workers /
_rAna Virginia Moreira Gomes and Patricia Tuma Martins Bertolin --
_tIn India, more flexible labor regulations are needed to encourage growth /
_rSadiq Ahmed and Shantayanan Devarajan --
_tChile must adopt stronger workplace safety regulations for mines /
_rDaniela Estrada --
_tIn Greece, vacation and retirement provisions are too generous /
_rSpiegel Online --
_tAmerican vacation policy is not sufficiently generous /
_rDavid Moberg --
_gch. 2.
_tUnions and collective bargaining.
_tChina needs collective bargaining to protect workers' rights /
_rHan Dongfang --
_tThe erosion of collective bargaining threatens human rights in the United Kingdom and the world /
_rKeith Ewing --
_tIn the United States, collective bargaining harms workers and taxpayers /
_rRobert Barro --
_tSouth Africa has moved toward greater centralization of trade unions /
_rJohann Maree --
_tCanada may move toward weakening trade unions /
_rTom Sandborn --
_tFrench unions threaten workers' well-being /
_rSpencer Fernando --
_tFrench unions protect workers from government /
_rAurelien Mondon --
_gch. 3.
_tWorkplace discrimination.
_tWorkplace discrimination is a growing problem in Asia /
_rInternational Labour Organization (ILO) --
_tCaste discrimination in South Asian communities in the United Kingdom is a serious problem /
_rRoger Green, Stephen Whittle, and Anti Caste Discrimination Alliance (ACDA) --
_tWomen in Russia face workplace discrimination /
_rElena Novikova --
_tIn Israel, Arabs face workplace discrimination /
_rJonathan Cook --
_gch. 4.
_tMigrant and slave labor.
_tMigrant domestic workers face slave labor conditions in Saudi Arabia /
_rHuman Rights Watch --
_tGermany is cracking down on migrant slave labor in Chinese restaurants /
_rAndreas Ulrich --
_tAustralian consumers should put pressure on slave labor employers /
_rKelly Griffin --
_tIn Britain, internships have features in common with slave labor /
_rTom Rawstorne --
_tIn Japan, internships can be valuable or exploitative /
_rTerrie Lloyd --
_tChild sex trafficking in Malaysia is a serious problem /
_rECPAT International --
_tSex workers face bias in migration policies /
_rSusie Bright, in an interview with Laura Agustin.
650 0 _aEmployee rights.
650 0 _aHuman rights.
700 1 _aBerlatsky, Noah.
830 0 _aGlobal viewpoints.
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