Should Labor Defend Worker Rights as Human Rights? A Debate

TitleShould Labor Defend Worker Rights as Human Rights? A Debate
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsYoungdahl, J., and Compa, L.
JournalNew Labor Forum
Volume18
Issue1
Pagination31 - 37
Keywordshuman rights, labor movement, unions, worker rights
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.

URLhttp://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/articles/240/