Trade Unions as Human Rights Organisations

Approaches to and Experiences of Human Rights Advocacy
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5292-4697-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Can trade unions be reconceptualised as human rights organisations? This groundbreaking study explores the untapped potential of labour movements in human rights advocacy, drawing on extensive interviews with representatives of union confederations worldwide.

Evans provides both theoretical foundations and empirical evidence for viewing trade unions through a human rights lens, examining existing partnerships with NGOs and identifying opportunities for enhanced collaboration. Through detailed analysis of concrete political campaigns, this book reveals how union-based advocacy networks operate in practice.

Essential reading for scholars of labour relations, human rights and political advocacy, this innovative work opens new pathways for understanding and strengthening human rights movements globally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Evans, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen
• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Gewerkschaften, Industrielle Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Trade Unions as Human Rights Organisations

3. Trade Union Confederations’ Understandings of and Approaches to Human Rights

4. Tensions, Risks and Opportunities

5. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Evans, Matthew
Matthew Evans is Associate Professor in the School of Law, Politics and Sociology at the University of Sussex and visiting researcher in Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.