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Workers' rights / Noah Berlatsky, book editor. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2012. Subjects Employee rights.   Human rights. ISBN:  9780737756685 (hardcover) : 0737756683 (hardcover) 9780737756692 (pbk.) 0737756691 (pbk.) Series:  Global viewpoints. Description:  234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Contents:  Ch. 1. Labor regulations worldwide. In Brazil, excessive labor regulations harm employers and workers / Economist -- Brazil needs stronger regulation of domestic workers / Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes and Patricia Tuma Martins Bertolin -- In India, more flexible labor regulations are needed to encourage growth / Sadiq Ahmed and Shantayanan Devarajan -- Chile must adopt stronger workplace safety regulations for mines / Daniela Estrada -- In Greece, vacation and retirement provisions are too generous / Spiegel Online -- American vacation policy is not sufficiently generous / David Moberg -- ch. 2. Unions and collective bargaining. China needs collective bargaining to protect workers' rights / Han Dongfang -- The erosion of collective bargaining threatens human rights in the United Kingdom and the world / Keith Ewing -- In the United States, collective bargaining harms workers and taxpayers / Robert Barro -- South Africa has moved toward greater centralization of trade unions / Johann Maree -- Canada may move toward weakening trade unions / Tom Sandborn -- French unions threaten workers' well-being / Spencer Fernando -- French unions protect workers from government / Aurelien Mondon -- ch. 3. Workplace discrimination. Workplace discrimination is a growing problem in Asia / International Labour Organization (ILO) -- Caste discrimination in South Asian communities in the United Kingdom is a serious problem / Roger Green, Stephen Whittle, and Anti Caste Discrimination Alliance (ACDA) -- Women in Russia face workplace discrimination / Elena Novikova -- In Israel, Arabs face workplace discrimination / Jonathan Cook -- ch. 4. Migrant and slave labor. Migrant domestic workers face slave labor conditions in Saudi Arabia / Human Rights Watch -- Germany is cracking down on migrant slave labor in Chinese restaurants / Andreas Ulrich -- Australian consumers should put pressure on slave labor employers / Kelly Griffin -- In Britain, internships have features in common with slave labor / Tom Rawstorne -- In Japan, internships can be valuable or exploitative / Terrie Lloyd -- Child sex trafficking in Malaysia is a serious problem / ECPAT International -- Sex workers face bias in migration policies / Susie Bright, in an interview with Laura Agustin. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Examines labor regulations worldwide, in countries such as Brazil, India, Greece, and the United States. Topics covered include unions and collective bargaining, issues related to workplace discrimination in selected countries and regions, and the use of migrant and slave labor."--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Ewa Beach P/S Library YA -- Nonfiction 331.011 WO Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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