Globalization And The Future Of Labour Law

This page intentionally left blank GLOBALIZATION AND THE FUTURE OF LAB OUR LAW How are national and international labour laws responding to the challenge of globalization as it reshapes the workplaces of the world? This collection of essays by leading legal scholars and lawyers from Europe and the Americas addresses the implications of globalization for the legal regulation of the new workplace. It examines the role of international labour standards and the contribution of the International Labour Organization, and assesses the success of the European experiment with continental employment standards. It explores the prospects for hemispheric cooperation on labour standards in the Americas, and deals with the impact of international labour standards on the rights of women and migrant workers. As the nature and organization of work around the world is being decisively transformed, new regional and international institutions are emerging that may provide the platform for new labour standards, and for protecting existing ones. john d. r. craig is a Partner at Heenan Blaikie LLP, Toronto, and is Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law, London, Ontario. s. michael lynk is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario. GLOBALIZATION AND THE FUTURE OF LAB OUR LAW Edited by JOHN D. R. CRAIG AND S. MICHAEL LYNK cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 2ru, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521854900 © Cambridge University Press 2006 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2006 isbn-13 isbn-10 978-0-511-16916-8 eBook (NetLibrary) 0-511-16916-7 eBook (NetLibrary) isbn-13 isbn-10 978-0-521-85490-0 hardback 0-521-85490-3 hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. CONTENTS Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Table of cases xiv List of abbreviations page viii xiii xvii Introduction 1 john craig and michael lynk part i Perspectives on globalization 1 The international labour dimension: an introduction brian w. burkett 15 2 Who’s afraid of globalization? Reflections on the future