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"Race To The Bottom" Returns: China's Challenge To The International Labor Movement, Stephen F. Diamond
"Race To The Bottom" Returns: China's Challenge To The International Labor Movement, Stephen F. Diamond
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This article will consider four areas of concern. First, the structural changes underway in the Chinese economy are creating both domestic and international imbalances that exacerbate inequalities among Chinese workers and create new inequities in the global labor market. Second, the Chinese regime's approach to labor rights remains rigidly authoritarian and, as a result, it is triggering ever more dramatic confrontations between workers and the Chinese state, despite the regime's nominal commitment to "socialism." Third, these developments are being reinforced by a pathological evolution in the principles that govern key international institutions such as the WTO and the ILO. A …
Citizenship, Alienage, And Ethnic Origin Discrimination In Employment Under The Law Of The United States, Mack Player
Citizenship, Alienage, And Ethnic Origin Discrimination In Employment Under The Law Of The United States, Mack Player
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INTRODUCTION
This paper will survey the federal law of discrimination in employment based on ethnic origin, alienage, and citizenship. There are a number of sources of this law, many of them overlapping. The federal constitution provides some protections, but only to governmental employees or applicants. The traditional centerpiece of employment discrimination law is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The 1866 Civil Rights Act also provides protection which overlaps with that provided by Title VII. Finally, the recently enacted Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 regulates both national origin discrimination, thus duplicating the protections of Title …