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Should Labor Defend Worker Rights As Human Rights? A Debate, Jay Youngdahl, Lance A. Compa
Should Labor Defend Worker Rights As Human Rights? A Debate, Jay Youngdahl, Lance A. Compa
Lance A Compa
The authors debate the relative merits and drawbacks of defining the labor movement under the umbrella of human rights, and the virtues of the rights of the individual versus the solidarity of the community.
Labor Union Coalition Challenges To Governmental Action: Defending The Civil Rights Of Law-Wage Workers, Maria Ontiveros
Labor Union Coalition Challenges To Governmental Action: Defending The Civil Rights Of Law-Wage Workers, Maria Ontiveros
Maria L. Ontiveros
(This paper is a working draft, which will be published in final form by the University of Chicago Legal Forum, Vol. 2009.)
The article examines international and domestic legal challenges filed by traditional labor unions, in coalition with others, against the government of the Unites States of America. The article argues that these lawsuits can help protect the civil rights of low-wage workers by creating a coherent legal theory defending the civil rights of low-wage workers and by creating an identifiable change agent to work on that defense. The lawsuits include those challenging governmental action with respect to immigrant workers, …