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1 online resource |
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text file PDF |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Industrial safety -- Law and legislation.
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Industrial safety -- Law and legislation. |
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Employee rights.
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Employee rights. |
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Labor laws and legislation.
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Labor laws and legislation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hilgert, Jeffrey, 1974- Hazard or hardship Ithaca, NY : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, [2013] 9780801451898 (cloth) (DLC) 2013004467 |
| ISBN |
9780801469237 ebook |
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0801469236 |
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9780801451898 cloth |
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9780801469244 (electronic book) |
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0801451892 cloth |
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0801469244 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
10.7591/9780801469244 |
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