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Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal
Compa, Lance (2026) "Book Review: Défense et Illustration de l’Action Internationale: L’example de l’OIT by Jean-Michel Servais, Editions L’Harmattan, 20251," Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal: Vol. 46: Iss. 1, Article 16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60082/2819-2567.1120 Available at: https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cllpj/vol46/iss1/16 Douglas, W.A., Ferguson, J-P., Klett, E. (2004).
Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal
Compa, Lance (2026) "Book Review: Défense et Illustration de l’Action Internationale: L’example de l’OIT by Jean-Michel Servais, Editions L’Harmattan, 20251," Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal: Vol. 46: Iss. 1, Article 8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60082/2819-2567.1111 Available at: https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cllpj/vol46/iss1/8 Douglas, W.A., Ferguson, J-P., Klett, E. (2004).
GLJ and Global Labor Rights Community Mourn Passing of Founding Executive Director Pharis Harvey – And Celebrate His Legacy
By Lance Compa and John Cavanagh April 2026 Alongside the worldwide labor rights advocacy community, the Executive Board, Advisory Board and Staff of Global Labor Justice (GLJ) are saddened to learn of the death on April 15 of Rev. Pharis Harvey, the founding Executive Director of Global Labor Justice, previously known as the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF). At the same time, we are inspired by his life and work, and filled with renewed energy to advance the cause that Pharis embodied.
If Congress Can’t Boost Workers’ Rights, the Administration Will Go It Alone
Earlier this month, the Biden administration delivered a road map for advancing American workers’ rights in its Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment report. Headed by Vice President Harris and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, and composed of officials from 20 federal agencies, the task force recommended dozens of actions the federal government should take to promote union organizing and collective-bargaining rights through executive action rather than legislation.
What Biden Should Do Now
President Biden’s State of the Union address didn’t do much, I’m afraid, to boost his standings in the polls, to which, I’m also afraid, Democrats’ prospects in November’s midterm elections are inevitably linked. With Joe Manchin still consigning most of the Democrats’ domestic agenda to his own fetid dustbin, the party’s ability to meet the needs of its core constituents, much less the broader nation, has been eviscerated.
A Mexican Oligarch Is Undermining the New NAFTA
The Trump administration is celebrating a deal with Democrats on the new NAFTA trade agreement (also known as the USMCA), approved by the House of Representatives on December 19 and moving to the Senate in January. Democrats and worker advocates have hailed newly negotiated labor enforcement measures as strengthening the accord sufficiently for them to support it.
We Need Publicly Owned Utilities
Right now, thousands of Californians are fleeing raging wildfires, while millions sit in the dark. And for-profit utilities may be to blame. Pacific Gas & Electric — a private, for-profit utility in the state — has admitted that its equipment likely caused 10 wildfires this year alone. To avoid further damage, the utility has been shutting off its customers’ power when weather conditions cause increased fire danger. Will this lower the risk of wildfires? Maybe.
When High-Road European Corporations Take the Low Road in the U.S. South
Multinational corporations based in Europe have accelerated their foreign direct investment in the Southern states of the United States in the past quarter-century. Some companies honor workers’ freedom of association, respect workers’ organizing rights and engage in good-faith collective bargaining when workers choose trade union representation.
When High-Road European Corporations Take the Low Road in the U.S. South
Multinational corporations based in Europe have accelerated their foreign direct investment in the Southern states of the United States in the past quarter-century. Some companies honor workers’ freedom of association, respect workers’ organizing rights and engage in good-faith collective bargaining when workers choose trade union representation.
How to Make the Trans-Pacific Partnership Work for Workers and Communities
Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiators from a dozen countries in North America, South America, and Asia announced agreement late last year on what would be the biggest trade pact ever. The TPP would supplant NAFTA and US accords with Chile, Peru, and Australia, and add Japan and Vietnam, among others. Most of those countries will quickly ratify it, eager to demonstrate a favorable climate for investors and deference to US economic power.
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