Chapter 32: Regional integration: a promising tool to advance the international decent work agenda?

The role of regional organisations in support of the decent work agenda depends not only on their enforcement power but also on the prevailing views and the balance of social class forces within them. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) lacks any mechanisms to enforce decent work. Els...

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Glavni autori: Erne, Roland, Anner, Mark, Ford, Michele, Kay, Tamara, Maccarrone, Vincenzo
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description The role of regional organisations in support of the decent work agenda depends not only on their enforcement power but also on the prevailing views and the balance of social class forces within them. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) lacks any mechanisms to enforce decent work. Elsewhere regional organisations have had more impact. Two American free trade agreements (USMCA; CAFTA-DR) include provisions on labour standards, but progress mostly has been achieved through worker organising and transnational advocacy rather than through the agreements itself. By contrast the EU’s binding laws and governance interventions in the field of employment relations and social policy demonstrate that its greater enforcement capacity can be used to advance both the de-commodification and commodification of labour. In this chapter, we compare processes of regional integration in Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe and we assess the extent to which they promote decent work.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1509062025-02-07T14:19:30Z Chapter 32: Regional integration: a promising tool to advance the international decent work agenda? Erne, Roland Anner, Mark Ford, Michele Kay, Tamara Maccarrone, Vincenzo Comparative regional integration; Free trade agreements; Transnational labour movements; Central and North America; European Union; South-East Asia JHBL The role of regional organisations in support of the decent work agenda depends not only on their enforcement power but also on the prevailing views and the balance of social class forces within them. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) lacks any mechanisms to enforce decent work. Elsewhere regional organisations have had more impact. Two American free trade agreements (USMCA; CAFTA-DR) include provisions on labour standards, but progress mostly has been achieved through worker organising and transnational advocacy rather than through the agreements itself. By contrast the EU’s binding laws and governance interventions in the field of employment relations and social policy demonstrate that its greater enforcement capacity can be used to advance both the de-commodification and commodification of labour. In this chapter, we compare processes of regional integration in Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe and we assess the extent to which they promote decent work. Published 2025-02-07T14:19:27Z 2025-02-07T14:19:27Z 2025-01-14 chapter 9781035300907 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150906 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the-elgar-companion-to-decent-work-and-the-sustainable-development-goals-9781035300891.html https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-oa/book/9781035300907/book-part-9781035300907-41.xml Edward Elgar Publishing Edward Elgar Publishing 10.4337/9781035300907.00041 10.4337/9781035300907.00041 01ceac28-75b4-492a-8eec-f9b98bc6b28c https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 9781035300907 Edward Elgar Publishing Cheltenham, UK open access
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