Sex work regulation in the Netherlands leaves workers in a limbo—not without obligations and surveillance, yet, without the full guarantee of their labour rights. Policy Implications To effectively address sex workers’ insecurities, a shift in regulation from its current biopolitical focus to a labo...
Excerpt: "This report's analysis and recommendations focus primarily on how the United States can better ensure that its free trade accords guarantee respect for workers' rights in the territory of its trading partners. We recognize, however, that to create a US free trade regime rooted in resp...
History shows that legislation can make firms respect their workers’ rights and refrain from victimising them. Given the scale of disregard for workers’ rights around the globe and the absence of a global legislature, should the US step in to protect workforces globally, at least so far as...
At the same time, Canada’s nearly half-century old public health care system—called Medicare—is framed within a human rights approach that aims for fairness and equity for residents by guaranteeing access to needed health care irrespective of social position or personal circumstances. The national...
Fighting for Workers’ Rights from Coast to Coast When your employer does not pay forallthe hours that you work, they are betraying not only their duties under the law but also you. If you’ve found yourself in a situation where you are not being paid fairly, it’s hard to know where...
Drug use, commercial sex work, and migration each play a role in the spread of HIV in the Caribbean, yet the intersection of these factors in the region is not well understood. This paper explores the connections between substance use and HIV risk among migrant female sex workers in the US...
The misclassification of gig workers as independent contractors deprives them of certain crucial wage-related benefits and rights. With the rule now blocked, many gig workers across the US will now be treated as ‘employees’ and enjoy better benefits and policy protection from their employers, inc...
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In the early nineteenth century, sex work was one of the many ways for poor women to earn a living. In addition to sex work, women who sold sex also did laundering and other cleaning work, worked as tavern maids, petty traders, or as servants for familie