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Y R A R B LI W A L N KI S A L A R O B SEMINAR: GLOBAL LABOUR PROFESSOR ALAN HYDE JANUARY 2GG7 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto BORA LOT LAY' LIBRARY DEC FACULTY Or LAW .org/details/seminargloballabOOhyde SEMINAR: GLOBAL LABOUR LAW University of Toronto Law Faculty January 2007 Professor Alan Hyde SYLLABUS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS Tuesday, January 9 I. Goals and Values Potentially Served by Transnational Labour Standards; Introduction to the Economics of Transnational Labour Standards A. Raise labour standards in poor countries? Elliott & Freeman, pp 1-11, 14-22 Elinor Spielberg, The Myth of Nimble Fingers Pages 1-11 B. Discourage outmigration of jobs/protectionism? Naila Kabeer, The Power to Choose Pages 12-25 C. Do not interfere with poor countries’ comparative advantage? Paul R. Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld, Labor Productivity and Comparative Advantage: The Ricardian Model, from International Economics: Theory and Policy (6th Ed. 2003) Pages 26 - 46 D. Encourage higher-level development and foreign direct investment strategies? Eric Edmonds and Nina Pavcnik, Does Globalization Increase Child Labor? Evidence from Vietnam Pages 47 - 50 E. Create a bargaining game in which trading rivals lift standards together? Alan Hyde, A Stag Hunt Account and Defense of Transnational Labour Standards - A Preliminary Look at the Problem Pages 51-76 Wednesday, January 10 U. The International Labour Organization and its Standards Elliott and Freeman, pp 11-14, 93-119 Bob Hepple, Labour Laws and Global Trade ILO Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work Pages 77 - 100 Kevin Kolben, Trade, Monitonng and the ILO Pages 101 - 122 Thursday, January> 11 III. Extratemtonal Application of Importing Country Law (and other legal norms of mysterious origin applied in the domestic courts of the U.S.) A. Employment Discrimination U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended 1991, §§701(0, 702(b) and (c). Pages 123-124 Kang v. U.Lim Amenca, Inc. (9th Cir.2002) Pages 125-136 B. Disabilities Law Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. (U.S. 2005) Pages 137 - 143 C. Health and Safety Standards David Gonzalez with Samuel Lowenberg, Banana Workers Get Day in Court, New York Times, Saturday, January 18, 2003 Pages 144 - 146 Note on the banana workers nematocide litigation Pages 147 - 148 Friday, January 12 IV. Human Rights Approaches to Labour Rights Note on human rights approaches to global labour rights Pages 149 - 150 Juan Forero, Rights Group Overseas Fight U.S. Concerns in U.S. Courts, New York Times, Thurs., June 26, 2003 Pages 151 - 152 Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain (U.S. 2004) Pages 153-172 Monday, January 15 V. Trade Law Approaches to Labour Rights A. Labor Provisions in Domestic Trade laws 1. Generalized System of Preferences Note on the Generalized System of Preferences Pages 173 - 178 Elliott & Freeman, pp. 73-84 2. Antidumping Dan Danielsen & Karl Klare, Trade, Labor & Catfish: A Case Study Pages 179 - 214 B. Adding labour standards to the GATT/WTO system? Elliott & Freeman, pp. 89-92 Andrew T. Guzman, Trade, Labor, Legitimacy Pages 215 - 230 Robert Howse and Brian Langille with Julien Burda, The World Trade Organization and Labour Rights: Man Bites Dog Pages 231 - 306 Tuesday, January 16 VI. Labour Standards in Transnational Treaties Elliott & Freeman, pp. 84-89 The North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation (“NAFTA Side Agreement”) The Agreement Pages 307 - 336 Submission Concerning Pregnancy-Based Sex Discrimination in Mexico's Maquiladora Sector Pages 337 - 359 Public Report of Review of NAO Submission No. 9701 Pages 360 - 388 Mano F. Bognanno and Jiangfeng Lu, NAFTA's Labor Side Agreement: Withering as an Effective Labor Law Enforcement and MNC Compliance Strategy? Pages 389 - 406 Wednesday, January 17 VII. Nongovernmental Labour Standards I: Transnational union cooperation Mark Anner, Ian Greer, Marco Hauptmeier, Nathan Lillie and Nik Winchester, The Industrial Determinants of Transnational Solidarity: Global Interunion Politics in Three Sectors Pages 407 - 428 Mona Ressaissi, International Framework Agreements or Not ? Pages 429 - 442 Note on legal restrictions on transnational union solidarity Pages 443 - 446 Thursday, January 18 VEIL Nongovernmental Labour Standards II: Consumer Campaigns and Voluntary Corporate Codes Elliott & Freeman, pp. 27-72, 119-39 Marcus E. Villanueva, Kathie Lee Gifford’s Sweatshops: A Narrative of the Kathie Lee Gifford Scandal and the Power of Celebrity as a Vehicle for Social Change Pages 447 - 475