Workers' Rights (What Do We Mean by Human Rights?) [Library Binding]

Katherine Prior (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: What Do We Mean by Human Rights?

Focuses on this one area of human rights, and considers how employee rights have been established, and how they work, or are overlooked, in societies around the world.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 4-7--This slim title just skims the surface of its very broad subject. Short chapters focus on various labor issues and include case studies from around the globe. Topics are explored with varying degrees of depth and accuracy. The case of miners in South Wales who bought their coal mine rather than see it close seems to be well researched and fits well into the chapter on the right to be employed. The explanation of the difference between equal pay for equal work and equal pay for equal value is clear and succinct. Other sections, however, lack clarity and authority. In a brief discussion of the differences between skilled and unskilled labor, Prior states, "The more skilled a worker is, the more he or she may be paid by an employer." (Guess she didn't interview any librarians in her research, did she?) "Equal Access to Jobs" includes a discussion of quotas but says nothing about Affirmative Action. The discussion of trade unions is stunted and choppy. "How Does a Trade Union Work?" offers only the example of apple-picking families in Kashmir who decide that instead of undercutting one another's prices, they will all charge the same rate. This example will be of limited usefulness to students studying American labor. Full-color photos and archival reproductions are plentiful, but are often unrelated to the text.

Rebecca O'Connell, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Copyright 1998 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Catherine Bradley has written and edited a number of titles for children and young adults focusing on the social issues with titles published by Two-Can, Evans Brothers and Franklin Watts. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: Franklin Watts (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0531144348
• ISBN-13: 978-0531144343
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,495,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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