Doe v. Wal-Mart, Inc.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling that offers significant protection to U.S. companies from lawsuits over working conditions, where the overseas plaintiffs do not …

Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chains of Global Brands: A Boundaryless Responsibility? Clarifications, exceptions and implications

CSR is on its way to globalization through practices and structures of the globalized capitalist world order, typified in Multinational Corporations (MNCs). MNCs are often challenged by the global reach …

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Globalization in Collective Bargaining, Baseball, and Matsuzaka: Labor and Antitrust Law on the Diamond

This article (in 28 Comp. Lab. L. & Pol’y J. 283 (2007)) concerns the globalization of baseball, labor and antitrust litigation, and the Major League Players Association. Gould recalls his …

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Transnational Labor Citizenship

Gordon offers “transnational labor citizenship” as a means to break down barriers of national citizenship between domestic and migrant workers. Her article asserts that political participation, in the age of …

Transnational Labor Citizenship

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 80, p. 503, 2007 This article discusses a new approach to regulating cross-border labor migration, through what Gordon calls “transnational labor citizenship.” Under this model, …

Hooray for…Toronto?: Hollywood, Collective Bargaining, and Extraterritorial Union Rules in an Era of Globalization

Frommer explores what effects the globalization of film production has had on the American film industry and the unions of Hollywood. This article pays special attention to the Screen Actors …

OECD Watch: CCC & Nike

NCPs involved: United States NCP COUNTRY OF OPERATIONS: Indonesia DATE: 5 September 2002 STATUS: Rejected ISSUE: The complaint alleged that Nike’s suppliers in Indonesia had violated numerous labor rights regarding …

National Struggles in a Transnational Economy: A Critical Analysis of U.S. Labor’s Campaign against N.A.F.T.A.

This article (in 21 Lab. Stud. J. 3 (1997)) explores and evaluates American unions’ responses to NAFTA. In the wake of these responses and subsequent globalization, it identifies barriers separating …

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