Friday, September 24, 2004
[IWS] New! WORKERS' RIGHTS as HUMAN RIGHTS an ILO/ILR Collaborative Course [September 2004]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
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The following is a new course taught as a collaboration between the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) & Cornell's School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR).
Workers' Rights as Human Rights
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/index.htm
[excerpt]
Introduction
As part of a Memorandum of Understanding for academic collaboration signed between the Institute and Cornell University and targeted on visiting students, the two institutions have joined hands to run a special course at the ILO on the theme: "Workers' Rights as Human Rights". The course consists of a series of lectures delivered by ILO specialists based in Geneva and videoconferences given by academics based in Ithaca. The lectures and videoconferences are scheduled to run through the months of September to December 2004.
Course Description
The course has two main purposes. It will re-examine U.S. domestic labor law and policy using internationally accepted human rights principles as standards for judgment. It will conduct that re-examination in an international comparative context. This will be a videoconference class meeting jointly with the International Labour Organization (ILO). Class presentations and discussions will be led by staff members of the ILO as well as by ILR faculty members. Subjects to be addressed include: the idea of human rights, human rights documents, and the sources of workers' rights; the ILO and the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work; occupational safety and health; discrimination; labor rights and international trade; international law and workers' rights; the value judgments underlying labor policy choices; and the enforcement of international workers' rights standards, nationally and internationally.
Program
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/program.pdf
Instructors
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/instruc.htm
Resources
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/resources.htm
Flyer
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/flyer.pdf
New Course!
ILR 608 Meets 'live' via video conference with faculty and students at the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/international/Students/courses/ILOandILR608.html
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
The following is a new course taught as a collaboration between the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) & Cornell's School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR).
Workers' Rights as Human Rights
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/index.htm
[excerpt]
Introduction
As part of a Memorandum of Understanding for academic collaboration signed between the Institute and Cornell University and targeted on visiting students, the two institutions have joined hands to run a special course at the ILO on the theme: "Workers' Rights as Human Rights". The course consists of a series of lectures delivered by ILO specialists based in Geneva and videoconferences given by academics based in Ithaca. The lectures and videoconferences are scheduled to run through the months of September to December 2004.
Course Description
The course has two main purposes. It will re-examine U.S. domestic labor law and policy using internationally accepted human rights principles as standards for judgment. It will conduct that re-examination in an international comparative context. This will be a videoconference class meeting jointly with the International Labour Organization (ILO). Class presentations and discussions will be led by staff members of the ILO as well as by ILR faculty members. Subjects to be addressed include: the idea of human rights, human rights documents, and the sources of workers' rights; the ILO and the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work; occupational safety and health; discrimination; labor rights and international trade; international law and workers' rights; the value judgments underlying labor policy choices; and the enforcement of international workers' rights standards, nationally and internationally.
Program
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/program.pdf
Instructors
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/instruc.htm
Resources
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/resources.htm
Flyer
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/flyer.pdf
New Course!
ILR 608 Meets 'live' via video conference with faculty and students at the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/international/Students/courses/ILOandILR608.html
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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