Worker's Rights (What Do We Mean by Human Rights)

Prior, Katherine

ISBN 10: 0531144348 / ISBN 13: 9780531144343

Published by Franklin Watts (edition ), 1997

About this Item

It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Worker's Rights (What Do We Mean by Human Rights)
• Publisher: Franklin Watts (edition )
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0531144348
• ISBN 13: 9780531144343
• Binding: Library Binding
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Focuses on this one area of human rights, and considers how employee rights have been established, and how they work, or are overlooked, in societies around the world

Reviews

Gr 4-7--This slim title just skims the surface of its very broad subject. Short chapters focus on various labor issues and include case studies from around the globe. Topics are explored with varying degrees of depth and accuracy. The case of miners in South Wales who bought their coal mine rather than see it close seems to be well researched and fits well into the chapter on the right to be employed. The explanation of the difference between equal pay for equal work and equal pay for equal value is clear and succinct. Other sections, however, lack clarity and authority. In a brief discussion of the differences between skilled and unskilled labor, Prior states, "The more skilled a worker is, the more he or she may be paid by an employer." (Guess she didn't interview any librarians in her research, did she?) "Equal Access to Jobs" includes a discussion of quotas but says nothing about Affirmative Action. The discussion of trade unions is stunted and choppy. "How Does a Trade Union Work?" offers only the example of apple-picking families in Kashmir who decide that instead of undercutting one another's prices, they will all charge the same rate. This example will be of limited usefulness to students studying American labor. Full-color photos and archival reproductions are plentiful, but are often unrelated to the text.

Rebecca O'Connell, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

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