A Rawlsian basis for core labour rights

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Croucher, R., Kelly, M. and Miles, L. 2012. A Rawlsian basis for core labour rights. Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal. 33 (2), pp. 297-320.
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TitleA Rawlsian basis for core labour rights
AuthorsCroucher, R., Kelly, M. and Miles, L.
Abstract

John Rawls’s Theory of Justice is the most influential work of political philosophy of recent times. Rawls does not, however, consider the issue of labour rights. This paper considers the applicability of the rights of workers to join unions, bargain collectively, and to strike under Rawls’s theory, in the context of empirical research showing how individuals are, in practice, best protected at work. We argue that, in developed countries at least, Rawls’s theory supports the core rights of workers to organize, strike and bargain collectively with employers, under a combination of Rawls’s first and second principles of justice. We then consider the international dimension, discussing how labour rights are to be viewed internationally both under Rawls’s own international theory in his Law of Peoples, and under globalist interpretations of his theory of justice.

Research GroupEmployment Relations group
PublisherUniversity of Illinois College of Law
JournalComparative Labor Law and Policy Journal
ISSN1095-6654
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Print2012
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Deposited18 Jul 2012
Output statusPublished
Web address (URL)http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/cllpj33&id=303&collection=journals&index=journals/cllpj
LanguageEnglish
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