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Session: Worker Organizing, Occupational Safety and Health
RC44 Labor Movements (host committee)
Language: English
Occupational safety and health (OSH) was a big historical success of organized labor in countries of the global north, with worker illnesses, injuries, and deaths on the decline for decades. These trends belie a more complicated story, however, in which workplace hazards have been moved offshore to countries of the global south and illnesses have been back on the rise in some industries located in the global north. The tragic decline of unionization, labor rights, and social protections, along with the rise of precarious employment, increased labor migration, and the growth of global supply chains have contributed to the vulnerability of people in both formal and informal work around the world. In this session, we seek papers exploring the connections between labor movements and all aspects of worker safety and health, including analyses of the development and implementation of OSH policies and programs. We are particularly interested in papers that examine new and effective ways to protect worker safety and health, including legal approaches focused on national and international law. Case studies, comparative studies, critical analyses and papers with a global focus are welcome.
Session Organizers:
Zeynep SISLI, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Occupational Health and Safety Masters Program, İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Law, Turkey,[email protected]
Stephanie LIMONCELLI, Associate Professor, Loyola Marymount University Department of Sociology, USA,[email protected]