Human Rights In The Workplace

Every human-being is entitled to being treated with respect. We are autonomous individuals with the ability and freedom to make decisions, make life choices, and be our own person. However, bringing those same ideals into a workplace, often takes on a different meaning, as a work environment does not allow the same liberation. The terms "humans' rights" and "workers' rights" are incorporating with the other, but one can see that the two expressions entail different treatments within the workplace and in society. Humans and workers rights are fundamental principles developed throughout history to ensure equal opportunity for all and prevent abuse of authority in either everyone's daily life or at work.
Humans rights form our basis to all other …show more content…
Our inherent value as a person and worth is not a binding declaration, we need enforcement to actually guarantee it, but the ideas surrounding human rights is an ideal that everyone lives by and has become our human standard. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was the first drafted …show more content…
As elaborated on in the book, There is Power in Union by Philip Dray, the narrator states “I didn’t doubt that the few dollars I contributed in dues were worth having Larry, my coworkers, and the union offices downtown perceive me as someone with needs and rights- someone who might have a grievance with a boss, require a sick day, or want to be transferred off the Sunday brunch shift. That sense of belonging is the very essence of labor unionism.” Part of having rights as a worker was the right to be able to organize. Employers would try to keep jobs segregated and conflicted as possible with their workers in order to keep people from collectively coming together and uprising against their companies. In Dray’s book, he gives us his perspective into the advantages of being able to unionize. Although there is a small fee to be enrolled, being part of a union meant being protected, as an individual, from those who can suppress you. Women and children in particular were being overworked in unsafe working conditions for low wages. Workers strikes and riots were taking place universally because people were realizing that it was inhumane to work in unsanitary working conditions and receive low wages. Unions began to be designed to regulate employers powers, work safety issues, and ensure everyone men, women and child was not only paid equally but also given the opportunity to obtain good and