Labor justice across the Americas
By: edited by Leon Fink and Juan Manuel Palacio
Series: The working class in American history; Working class in American history
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780252041501; 9780252083068
Subjects: Labor laws and legislation
Description: Opinions of specialized labor courts differ, but labor justice undoubtedly represented a decisive moment in worker 's history. When and how did these courts take shape? Why did their originators consider them necessary? Leon Fink and Juan Manuel Palacio present essays that address these essential questions. Ranging from Canada and the United States to Chile and Argentina, the authors search for common factors in the appearance of labor courts while recognizing the specific character of the creative process in each nation. Their transnational and comparative approach advances a global perspective on the various mechanisms for regulating industrial relations and resolving labor conflicts. The result is the first country-by-country study of its kind, one that addresses a defining shift in law in the first half of the twentieth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From social legislation to labor justice : the common background in the Americas / Juan Manuel Palacio; title: American labor justice and the problem of trade union legitimacy / Leon Fink; title: Labor justice in Canada : Mackenzie King and collective labor rights / Frank Luce; title: The ambiguity of labor justice in Mexico, 1907-1931 / William Suarez-Potts; title: Labor justice in Costa Rica, 1821-2016 / Ronny J. Viales-Hurtado and David Díaz-Arias; title: Origins of labor rights and justice in Colombia, 1850-1950 / Víctor M. Uribe-Urán with Germán Palacio; title: Inclusions and exclusions : from labor legislation in the Andean nations to the formation of labor courts in Bolivia (1900-1952) / Rossana Barragán Romano; title: The rise of labor courts in Argentina / Juan Manuel Palacio; title: Labor courts in Brazil : their origins, challenges, and expansion / Angela de Castro Gomes and Fernando Teixeira da Silva; title: Bringing justice to the workplace : labor courts and labor laws in Chile, 1930s-1980s / Diego Ortúzar and Angela Vergara.