Collection of papers on the proposition that workers' rights are human rights and how they relate to labour activism and advocacy in a market-driven global econ

It cannot be denied that in recent decades, for many if not most people, work has become unstable and insecure, with serious risk and few benefits for workers.

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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 wo