Labor Exploitation, Trafficking and Migrant Health: Multi-country Findings on the Health Risks and Consequences of Migrant and Trafficked Workers

There are an estimated 232 million international migrants and 740 million internal migrants worldwide, most of whom are in search of work. Global assessments also suggest that a substantial proportion …

Turning a Blind Eye?: Respecting Human Rights in Government Purchasing

This report examines the role of U.S. government supply chains—and their emphasis of low-bid, high-scale competition—in the commission of human rights abuses. With this report, the authors examine the agency …

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Chain liability in multitier supply chains? Responsibility attributions for unsustainable supplier behavior

When it becomes publicly known that products are associated with suppliers that engage in unsustainable behaviors, consumers protest, as Nestlé, Zara, and Kimberly Clark, among others, have learned. The phenomenon …

Investing in Human Rights: Using Bilateral Investment Treaties to Hold Multinational Corporations Liable for Labor Rights Violations

Hang contextualizes recent labor violations by multinational corporations in light of Chinese labor law and the development of bilateral investment treaties (BITs). She contends that BITs have provided inadequate protections …

الظلم المتضمن: انتهاكات الشركات وحق الإنسان في الانتصاف (مارس 2014)

"يستكشف هذا الكتاب التحديات التي ينطوي عليها تأمين سبيل انتصاف فعال في الحالات التي تكون فيها الشركات متعددة الجنسيات من مرتكبي انتهاكات حقوق الإنسان أو متواطئين في الانتهاكات التي ترتكبها الدولة ...

Labor and Finance as Inevitably Transnational: Globalization Demands a Sophisticated and Transnational Lens

This article (in 41 San Diego L. Rev. 109 (2004)) examines how globalization has impacted labor and finance law, as well as responses to this impact. It explores two points …

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National Labor Movements and Transnational Connections: Global Labor’s Evolving Architecture Under Neoliberalism

Evans analyzes international ties between Bridgestone-Firestone workers in Liberia, apparel workers in Honduras, Mexican mineworkers, and U.S. labor organizations. Evans suggests that international cooperation depends on national labor movements and …

Labor’s Soft Means and Hard Challenges: Fundamental Discrepancies and the Promise of Non-Binding Arbitration for International Framework Agreements

Marzan describes Global Framework Agreements and explores some obstacles, including disagreements between parties. He explores one solution, non-binding arbitration based on ILO rules. Non-binding arbitration can be one step to …

The Third Pillar: Access to Judicial Remedies for Human Rights Violations by Transnational Business (Dec. 2013)

In keeping with the goals set forth for the Access to Judicial Remedy (A2JR) program, the authors undertook this report to “understand which barriers are most insurmountable for victims and …

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Varieties of Power in Transnational Labor Alliances: An Analysis of Workers’ Structural, Institutional, and Coalitional Power in the Global Economy

This article (in 38 Lab. Stud. J. 181 (2013)) Brookes identifies three kinds of power (structural, institutional, and coalitional) that workers exercise in transnational campaigns. Brookes weighs the strengths of …

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