Hazard or Hardship
Hilgert, Jeffrey
Hazard or Hardship Crafting Global Norms on the Right to Refuse Unsafe Work / Jeffrey Hilgert. - 1 online resource.
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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 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.
9780801469244
Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations
Political science
Electronic books.
Hazard or Hardship Crafting Global Norms on the Right to Refuse Unsafe Work / Jeffrey Hilgert. - 1 online resource.
Access copy available to the general public.
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.
9780801469244
Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations
Political science
Electronic books.