TOWARDS A LABOR RIGHT WITH A HUMAN FACE
TOWARDS A LABOR RIGHT WITH A HUMAN FACE

Summary/Abstract: There can be no development without human rights, just as there are nohuman rights without development. Furthermore, peace and security are essential fordevelopment and respect for human rights. A phrase that sums up and frames very well whatthe 2030 Agenda means: a roadmap to the world that we want and that we are alreadybuilding. To help stabilize an economic model in democracy that puts the human person atthe center and promotes social inclusion must create conditions that allow decent work. Thechallenges posed by globalization need human faces for world, regional and nationaldevelopment, through the reaffirmation of essential and universal values. In this context, workconstitutes an ethical value, a decisive and determining factor for production. From thispremise arises the right to work as a source of personal dignity, family stability andconsolidation of social cohesion. It synthesizes the aspirations of people during their workinglife. It means the opportunity to access a productive job that generates a fair income, securityin the workplace and social protection for families; better prospects for personal developmentand social integration, and equal opportunities and treatment for women and men. DecentWork, that ethical-evaluative assessment designed by the ILO in the 90s at the 89th annualmeeting, today in 2021 is still a search paradigm. We are convinced that the worker must be thecentral axis of the system, subject to preferential guardianship. For this we need all workers torespect their fundamental labor principles and rights, enjoy a fair income, a work environmentwithout gender discrimination or of any other type, where social protection is provided.

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