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FDR’s Unfinished “Second Bill of Rights” – and Why We Need it Now

Created by J.R. on October 18, 2014

We need The International Covenant
The Parties accept as the aim of their policy, to be pursued by all appropriate means both national and international in character, the attainment of conditions in which the following rights and principles may be effectively realised:

Everyone shall have the opportunity to earn his living in an occupation freely entered upon.
All workers have the right to just conditions of work.
All workers have the right to safe and healthy working conditions.
All workers have the right to a fair remuneration sufficient for a decent standard of living for themselves and their families.
All workers and employers have the right to freedom of association in national or international organisations for the protection of their economic and social interests.
All workers and e

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