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The Future Of Standards Supervision: Reconciling Development And Adjustment, Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry
The Future Of Standards Supervision: Reconciling Development And Adjustment, Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry
Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry
No abstract provided.
Harassment Of Female Farmworkers - Can The Legal System Help?, Maria Ontiveros
Harassment Of Female Farmworkers - Can The Legal System Help?, Maria Ontiveros
Maria L. Ontiveros
This paper provides an in depth and highly textured description of "sexual harassment" as experienced by female farmworkers in California. It explains how the harassment is affected by the extremity of the consequences she faces if she does not comply with the harassment; the structural difficulties in the reporting of and response to these incidents of sexual harassment; the sexualization of migrant women; the cultural factors that influence the harassment; and the fluidity of her workplace. It then critiques both current legal doctrine and current feminist theories of sexual harassment as inadequate to address these workers' concerns. It suggests an …
Female Immigrant Workers And The Law: Limits And Opportunities, Maria Ontiveros
Female Immigrant Workers And The Law: Limits And Opportunities, Maria Ontiveros
Maria L. Ontiveros
This paper explains the reasons that traditional United States labor and employment laws are incapable of effectively addressing the types of workplace problems confronting female immigrant workers. It critiques the protections supposedly offered by the free market, labor standards, antidiscrimination laws and collective bargaining. It argues that statutory exclusion, immigration issues, nonrecognition of injury, and cultural limitations thwart the effectiveness of traditional approaches. It then describes a variety of initiatives and approaches being taken at the domestic and international level that more effectively address these problems. These initiatives include the use of the Thirteenth Amendment and antitrafficking legislation, as well …
Decentralizing Industrial Relations: The American Situation And Its Significance In Comparative Perspective, Thomas Kohler
Decentralizing Industrial Relations: The American Situation And Its Significance In Comparative Perspective, Thomas Kohler
Thomas C. Kohler
No abstract provided.
Body And Soul, Thomas Kohler
Labor Law: 'Making Life More Human' - Work And The Social Question, Thomas Kohler
Labor Law: 'Making Life More Human' - Work And The Social Question, Thomas Kohler
Thomas C. Kohler
No abstract provided.