Hazard or Hardship
Crafting Global Norms on the Right to Refuse Unsafe Work
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Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Number
101478Language
EnglishAbstract
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. In Hazard or Hardship, Jeffrey Hilgert presents the protection of refusal rights as a moral and a human rights question.
Keywords
Business & Management; labor; labour; human rights; workplace; safety; Collective bargaining; Freedom of association; International Labour Organization; Labor rights; Occupational safety and health; Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationDOI
10.7591/cornell/9780801451898.001.0001ISBN
9780801469244;9780801469237Publisher
Cornell University PressPublisher website
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/Publication date and place
Ithaca, NY, 2013-07-15Series
An ILR Press Book,Public remark
Relevant Wikipedia pages: Collective bargaining - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_bargaining; Freedom of association - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_association; Human rights - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights; International Labour Organization - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Labour_Organization; Labor rights - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_rights; Labour law - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_law; Occupational safety and health - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_safety_and_health; Occupational Safety and Health Administration - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_Safety_and_Health_AdministrationMetrics