LEADER 04794nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910788267803321 005 20211014005111.0 010 $a1-283-89813-6 010 $a0-8122-0602-9 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812206029 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046237 035 $a(OCoLC)822017899 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642659 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000600677 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11422318 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600677 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10601199 035 $a(PQKB)10140492 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17531 035 $a(DE-B1597)449571 035 $a(OCoLC)979954230 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812206029 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441907 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642659 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421063 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441907 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046237 100 $a20111205d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHuman rights and labor solidarity$b[electronic resource] $etrade unions in the global economy /$fSusan L. Kang 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (335 p.) 225 0 $aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8122-4410-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-301) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAbbreviations --$tCHAPTER 1. The Precarious Position of Trade Union Rights in the Global Political Economy --$tCHAPTER 2. Negotiations and Norms --$tCHAPTER 3. International Institutions and Their Protections of Trade Union Rights --$tCHAPTER 4. South Korea --$tCHAPTER 5. United Kingdom --$tCHAPTER 6. Canada --$tCONCLUSION. International Norms, Trade Union Rights, and Countering Neoliberalism --$tAPPENDIX I. Kucera's Measure of Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining --$tAPPENDIX II --$tAPPENDIX III. Case Disputes and U.S. Law --$tNOTES --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS 330 $aFaced with the economic pressures of globalization, many countries have sought to curb the fundamental right of workers to join trade unions and engage in collective action. In response, trade unions in developed countries have strategically used their own governments' commitments to human rights as a basis for resistance. Since the protection of human rights remains an important normative principle in global affairs, democratic countries cannot merely ignore their human rights obligations and must balance their international commitments with their desire to remain economically competitive and attractive to investors. Human Rights and Labor Solidarity analyzes trade unions' campaigns to link local labor rights disputes to international human rights frameworks, thereby creating external scrutiny of governments. As a result of these campaigns, states engage in what political scientist Susan L. Kang terms a normative negotiation process, in which governments, trade unions, and international organizations construct and challenge a broader understanding of international labor rights norms to determine whether the conditions underlying these disputes constitute human rights violations. In three empirically rich case studies covering South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Canada, Kang demonstrates that this normative negotiation process was more successful in creating stronger protections for trade unions' rights when such changes complemented a government's other political interests. She finds that states tend not to respect stronger economically oriented human rights obligations due to the normative power of such rights alone. Instead, trade union transnational activism, coupled with sufficient political motivations, such as direct economic costs or strong rule of law obligations, contributed to changes in favor of workers' rights. 410 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights. 517 3 $aTrade unions in the global economy 606 $aLabor unions 606 $aLabor unions$xLaw and legislation 606 $aEmployee rights 606 $aHuman rights 610 $aEconomics. 610 $aHuman Rights. 610 $aLaw. 610 $aPolitical Science. 610 $aPublic Policy. 615 0$aLabor unions. 615 0$aLabor unions$xLaw and legislation. 615 0$aEmployee rights. 615 0$aHuman rights. 676 $a331.88 700 $aKang$b Susan L$01579126 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788267803321 996 $aHuman rights and labor solidarity$93858988 997 $aUNINA