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PERI Research

Defining and Measuring Living Wages in a Global Context, by Mark D. Brenner

PERI Global Labor Standards and Living Wages Working Group Meeting, April 19-20, 2002.

Global Apparel Production and Sweatshop Labor: Can Raising Retail Prices Finance Living Wages? (.pdf) by Robert Pollin, Justine Burns, and James Heintz

Global Labor Standards: Their Impact and Implementation, by James Heintz

Informalization, Economic Growth and the Challenge of Creating Viable Labor Standards in Developing Countries, by James Heintz and Robert Pollin

Papers
Just Linkage: International Trade and Labor Standards (.pdf), by Christian Barry and Sanjay Reddy

Rights Make Might: Ensuring workers' rights as a strategy for economic growth, by L. Josh Bivens and Christian Weller

How Well Are We Measuring Workers’ Rights? by L. Josh Bivens, Adam Hersh, and Christian Weller

The Corporate Accountability Movement: Lessons and Opportunities (.pdf), by Robin Broad and John Cavanagh

White Hats or Don Quixotes? Human Rights Vigilantes in the Global Economy (.pdf), by Kimberly Ann Elliot and Richard Freeman

What Role for Labor Standards in the Global Economy? (.pdf), by Richard Freeman

Thinking About the Antisweatshop Movement: A Modest Proposal (.pdf), by Jeffery C. Issac

Labor Standards, Human Capital, and Economic Development, by Ray Marshall

The Economic Case for International Labour Standards, by Thomas I. Palley

Public Disclosure of the Sweatshop Practices of American Multinational Garment/Shoe Makers/Retailers: Impacts on their Stock Prices (.pdf), by Michael T. Rock

The Global Labour Standards Controversy: Critical Issues for Developing Countries, by Ajit Singh and Ann Zammit

Can Developing Countries Afford to Ban or Regulate Child Labor? (.pdf), by Mark Weisbrot, Robert Naiman, and Natalia Rudiak

Books and Reports
Can Labor Standards Improve Under Globalization? by K. Elliot and R. Freeman: Institute for International Economics.

Students Against Sweatshops, by L. Featherstone: Verso.

Can We Put an End to Sweatshops? by A. Fung, D. O'Rourke, and C. Sabel: Beacon.

Labour Practices in the Footwear, Leather, Textiles, and Clothing Industries, by International Labor Organization.

The Power to Choose, by N. Kabeer: Verso.

Sweatshop Warriors, by M.C.Y. Louie: South End Press.

Beyond Sweatshops, by T. Moran: Brookings Institution.

Monitoring International Labor Standards: Techniques and Sources of Information, National Academies Press.

Plant Closings and Labor Rights in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, NAALC.

Unions and Collective Bargaining: Economic effects in a global environment, by Toke Aidt and Zafiris Tzannatos: World Bank.

GATT-World Trade Organization Article XX (1947) (Social Clause)

ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (1998)

U.S.-Jordan FTA Side Letter on Labor and Environment (2001)

UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

U.S. Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 - Section 2202

Center for Economic and Social Rights

Freedom House - Freedom of the World Country Rankings

Globalization and Labor Standards Bibliographic Library

ICFTU - Country reports for the World Trade Organization (.pdf)

ILO - Child Labour Statistics Database

ILO - National Labor Law Database

ILO - Ratification of Core Labor Standards

ILO - International Trade Union Database (by request only)

Polity IV: Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions, 1800-2003

U.S. Department of Labor - Monitoring International Labor Standards Indicators

U.S. Department of State - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

Academic Consortium on International Trade (ACIT)

AFL-CIO Stop Sweatshops

AFL-CIO Center for International Labor Solidarity

American Rights at Work

Behind the Label

Campaign for Labor Rights

China Labour Bulletin

Clean Clothes Campaign (Europe)

Fair Labor Association

Human Rights Watch

ICFTU - Trade and labour standards

International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

Independent University Initiative Final Report (.pdf)

Labor Rights Now!

Maquila Solidarity Network (Canada)

National Labor Committee

National Museum of American History, "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops 1820-Present"

North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation Secretariat

Pilot Project for Licensing Code Implementation (Full report .pdf)

Rugmark

Scholars Against Sweatshop Labor (SASL)

Self-Employed Women's Association (India)

Social Accountability International (formerly Council on Economic Priorities Accreditation Agency)

Sweatshop Watch

UNITE-HERE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees)

United Students Against Sweatshops

Verite

WIEGO - Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing

Workers' Rights Consortium