Open AccessCommunity Campaigns, Supply Chains, and Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Workers
Author(s) -
Michael Quinlan,
Rosemary K. Sokas
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.149120
Subject(s) - outsourcing , business , immigration , occupational safety and health , ethnic group , supply chain , work (physics) , economic growth , environmental health , political science , economics , marketing , medicine , mechanical engineering , law , engineering
The growth of contingent work (also known as precarious employment), the informal sector, and business practices that diffuse employer responsibility for worker health and safety (such as outsourcing and the development of extended national and international contracting networks [supply chains]) pose a serious threat to occupational health and safety that disproportionately affects low-wage, ethnic minority, and immigrant workers. Drawing on cases from the United States and Australia, we examine the role that community-based campaigns can play in meeting these challenges, including several successful campaigns that incorporate supply chain regulation.