The Global Threats to Workers' Health and Safety on the Job

Part of a special issue on global threats to security. The right to a safe and healthful workplace is under threat around the world as the globalized economy puts immense downward pressure on occupational health and safety regulations and their enforcement. Both developing and developed economies ar...

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Autor principal: Brown, Leon Carl 1928- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2002
En: Social justice
Año: 2002, Volumen: 29, Número: 3, Páginas: 12-25
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Publisher)
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Sumario:Part of a special issue on global threats to security. The right to a safe and healthful workplace is under threat around the world as the globalized economy puts immense downward pressure on occupational health and safety regulations and their enforcement. Both developing and developed economies are affected by “the global global race to the bottom” as transnational corporations scan the globe seeking out lowest wages, the most vulnerable workforces, and the least regulation of environmental and occupational health. However, although the global threats to workplace health and safety have never been greater, the opportunities to confront those threats are also more numerous today than ever before. All those concerned with safe and healthful workplaces must work collectively to ensure that the vast majority of the global population is not relegated to unsafe factories and adjacent poisoned communities.
ISSN:2327-641X