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<blockquote data-quote="804brown" data-source="post: 1065570" data-attributes="member: 29553"><p>Human rights are about more than stopping torture and securing free elections; they are also about social and economic rights. Article 23 of the International Declaration of Human Rights, designed by Eleanor Roosevelt, declares that everyone has the right to a decent job with fair pay and without discrimination. And everyone has a right to protection from unemployment and the right to join a union to protect their interests. </p><p>These basic rights were agreed to on December 10, 1948, by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Forty-eight countries voted in favor, including the United States, and none voted against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. While the Declaration had no enforcement power, Eleanor Roosevelt noted that “One should never belittle the value of words…for they have a way of getting translated into fact, and therein lies the hope for our universal declaration."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.alternet.org/labor/4-ways-workers-are-boldly-and-successfully-fighting-their-human-rights?akid=9783.54103.7aYik7&rd=1&src=newsletter758021&t=8" target="_blank">4 Ways Workers Are Boldly -- and Successfully -- Fighting for Their Human Rights | Alternet</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="804brown, post: 1065570, member: 29553"] Human rights are about more than stopping torture and securing free elections; they are also about social and economic rights. Article 23 of the International Declaration of Human Rights, designed by Eleanor Roosevelt, declares that everyone has the right to a decent job with fair pay and without discrimination. And everyone has a right to protection from unemployment and the right to join a union to protect their interests. These basic rights were agreed to on December 10, 1948, by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Forty-eight countries voted in favor, including the United States, and none voted against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. While the Declaration had no enforcement power, Eleanor Roosevelt noted that “One should never belittle the value of words…for they have a way of getting translated into fact, and therein lies the hope for our universal declaration." [url=http://www.alternet.org/labor/4-ways-workers-are-boldly-and-successfully-fighting-their-human-rights?akid=9783.54103.7aYik7&rd=1&src=newsletter758021&t=8]4 Ways Workers Are Boldly -- and Successfully -- Fighting for Their Human Rights | Alternet[/url] [/QUOTE]
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