Securing Workers’ Rights and Equity in the Midst of Globalization and Regionalization: Towards a Sustainable and Mandatory Labour Charter

This paper underscores the exploitation and marginalization of workers in developing countries with particular emphasis on some countries in Asia. It therefore strongly argues for and defends the urgent need for a basic and mandatory code of labour rights and standards in this 21st century for the protection of workers’ rights and welfare. Mankind has to commit a mandatory labour code as mooted in this paper. The time has therefore come for the UN, ILO, labour organisations, NGOs and governments to mandate modern businesses to rewrite and refocus their corporate agenda by paying serious attention to the wellbeing of workers.