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SUMMARY:“Transforming Standards into Actionable Rights”
DESCRIPTION:\nOn September 12\, we welcomed Jakir Hossain\, this year's
postdoctoral scholar with the Center for Global Workers’ Rights. He teac
hes at the Institute of Bangladesh Studies at the University of Rajshah
and received a doctoral degree from the School of International Studies\
, University of Trento\, Italy in 2012.\n\nHe spoke on the challenges of
transforming the plethora of standards already in existence into action
able rights for the health and benefit of workers in Bangladesh. Such st
andards include international conventions drafted by the International L
abour Organization (ILO)\, for example those targeting workplace safety\
; private standards defined by corporate codes of conduct\; and standard
s designated through trade action focusing on labor conditions. Hossain
offered suggestions on how to better align rights with such standards\,
importantly through workers' organizing and involvement.\n\nFor more det
ails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/transforming-standards-into-action
able-rights/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:On September 12
, we welcomed Jakir Hossain, this year's postdoctoral scholar with the C
enter for Global Workers’ Rights. He teaches at the Institute of Banglad
esh Studies at the University of Rajshah and received a doctoral degree
from the School of International Studies, University of Trento, Italy in
2012.
He spoke on the challenges of transforming the plethora of
standards already in existence into actionable rights for the health and
benefit of workers in Bangladesh. Such standards include international
conventions drafted by the International Labour Organization (ILO), for
example those targeting workplace safety; private standards defined by c
orporate codes of conduct; and standards designated through trade action
focusing on labor conditions. Hossain offered suggestions on how to bet
ter align rights with such standards, importantly through workers' organ
izing and involvement.
For more details: https://
events.la.psu.edu/event/transforming-standards-into-actionable-rights/
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