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Kang, Susan. "International Institutions and Human Rights: The ILO in Protecting British Columbia?s Public Employee?s Labor Rights" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention, Hilton Chicago, CHICAGO, IL, USA, Feb 28, 2007 <Not Available>. 2008-12-11 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p179259_index.html>

Kang, S. L. , 2007-02-28 "International Institutions and Human Rights: The ILO in Protecting British Columbia?s Public Employee?s Labor Rights" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention, Hilton Chicago, CHICAGO, IL, USA <Not Available>. 2008-12-11 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p179259_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Canada has long prided itself in carving a strong social identity in contrast to the US, including comprehensive welfare policies and a strong labor movement. Yet starting in the 1990s, a number of legislative developments at both the national and provincial level sought to curtail the power of public employee unions, even in limiting their freedom of association and collective bargaining rights. In British Columbia starting in the early 2000s, unions responded by bringing multiple complaints to the International Labor Organization?s Committee on Freedom of Association, a unique complaint taking body within this UN specialized agency. Given the long tradition of social provisions as a key aspect of state identity and the historical strengths of unions in British Columbia, this paper will use international relations theory to uncover the reasons behind the provincial government?s response to ILO?s recommendations. Rationalists would argue that a state follows an international institution if its prescriptions overlap with existing state interests, constructivist commit greater casual strength to the role of identities, norms and legitimacy. Though rationalists would argue that the BC government pursues it changes against international law because it perceives it to be in its interests, both the economic and reputational costs of public employee strikes and industrial action suggest great strength of normative causes. In this paper, I argue that the Liberal government of British Columbia seeks to promote and prioritize different norms of government practices- labor flexibility and fiscal austerity- over protection of fundamental labor rights as codified in international law. I draw heavily on BC government statements in ILO Committee on Freedom of Association documents, internal records, press releases, newspapers, and interviews with provincial elected officials, bureaucrats, legal counsel, and union leaders.

Importing Human Rights through Domestic Constitutional Protections: Establishing the Relationship between the International Human Rights Regime and Domestic Institutions

The New "Peculiar Institution": International Labor Standards, Human Rights, and Prison Labor in the Contemporary United States

The New "Peculiar Institution": International Labor Standards, Human Rights, and Prison Labor in the Contemporary United States