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Crafting Global Norms on the Right to Refuse Unsafe Work

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book would not have been possible without the support of many people. My sincere appreciation goes to James A. Gross who has been both a great academic mentor and friend. I extend my genuine thanks to Lowell Turner, Risa Lieberwitz, Clete Daniel, Lance Compa, Robert Hebdon, and Bob Sass; the staff of the Catherwood Library at Cornell University including Gordon T. Law, Stuart Basefsky, Suzanne Cohen, and Susan LaCette; and Nilgun Tolek and Michael Shanker at the Office of the Whistleblower Protection Program at the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT) and the Canadian Industrial Relations Association provided a forum for discussion and feedback on part of an early version of this manuscript at the 2010 conference Employee Representation in the New World of Work. My reading of the international law in this book is mine alone, but I express my gratitude to the many experts at the International Labour Office who informed this research indirectly by their participation in courses at Cornell University’s School of Industrial viii Acknowledgments and Labor Relations including, among others, Catherine Brâkenhielm Hansell, Karen Curtis, Lee Swepston, Jean-Pierre Laviec, Jukka Takala, Seiji Machida, Michele Nahmias, Martin Oelz, Jane Hodges, and Chris Land-Kazlauskas. Two anonymous reviewers gave invaluable advice for developing the manuscript. My thanks also extend to Fran Benson and Katherine Liu at Cornell University Press for their support in this project. I reserve my deepest debt of gratitude for my family, Gioconda, Arthur, and Elena.

AFL-CIO

CEACR

CESCR CFA CFR CSST DOL ECOSOC FIR ICESCR

ILC ILO IRS

ABBREVIATIONS

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Committee on Freedom of Association

Code of Federal Regulations

Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail Department of Labor

United Nations Economic and Social Council

final investigation report

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

International Labour Conference

International Labour Organization internal responsibility system x

NCB NDP NIOSH NLRA NLRB OCAW OECD OIG OSHA UDHR UFW UN USWA WEP

Abbreviations

National Coal Board

New Democratic Party

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health National Labor Relations Act

National Labor Relations Board

Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Office of Inspector General

Occupational Safety and Health Administration Universal Declaration of Human Rights

United Farm Workers

United Nations

United Steel Workers of America

World Employment Program

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