Should Labor Defend Worker Rights as Human Rights? A Debate
Author
Youngdahl, Jay
Compa, Lance A.
Abstract
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.
Date Issued
2009-01-01
Keywords
Rights
Required Publisher Statement: Copyright by the Joseph S. Murphy Institute, CUNY. This debate appears in New Labor Forum’s Winter 2009 issue. To subscribe to New Labor Forum, please visit www.newlaborforum.org.
Type
article