Unfair advantage

Findings and recommendations -- Workers' freedom of association under International Human Rights Law -- Freedom of association under U.S. Labor Law -- Case studies of violations of workers' freedom of asscociation -- Legal obstacles to U.S. workers' exercise of freedom of association. A culture of impunity has taken shape in U.S. labor law and practice, Human Rights finds in this report on workers' rights under international human rights standards. Each year thousands of workers are fired or suffer other reprisals when they seek to exercise rights of association in workplaces in the United States. Millions more are deliberately excluded from laws to protect workers' organizing and bargaining rights.