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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction, 2004 | |
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| Note on Methodology | |
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| Summary | |
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| Policy and Reality | |
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| Workers' Voices | |
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| International Human Rights and Workers | |
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| International Labor Rights Norms | |
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| Findings and Recommendations | |
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| General | |
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| Immigrant Workers | |
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| Agricultural Workers | |
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| H-2A Workers | |
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| Workers' Freedom of Association Under International Human Rights Law | |
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| The International Background | |
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| International Human Rights Instruments | |
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| Regional Instruments | |
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| ILO Conventions and OECD Guidelines | |
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| U.S. Commitments in the Multilateral Setting | |
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| U.S. Trade Laws | |
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| The North American Free Trade Agreement | |
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| Freedom of Association Under U.S. Labor Law | |
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| The U.S. Legal Framework for Workers' Freedom of Association | |
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| How Workers Form and Join Trade Unions in the United States | |
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| How the National Labor Relations Board Works | |
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| Case Studies of Violations of Workers' Freedom of Association | |
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| Context: The Increase in Workers' Rights Violations under U.S. Law | |
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| Service Sector Workers | |
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| South Florida Nursing Homes | |
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| San Francisco, California Hotels | |
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| Food Processing Workers | |
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| North Carolina Pork Processing | |
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| Detroit, Michigan Snack Foods | |
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| Manufacturing Workers | |
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| Baltimore, Maryland Packaging Industry | |
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| Northbrook, Illinois Telecommunications Castings | |
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| New Orleans, Louisiana Shipbuilding | |
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| New York City Apparel Shops | |
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| Migrant Agricultural Workers | |
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| Washington State Apple Industry | |
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| North Carolina Farmworkers and the H-2A Program | |
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| Contingent Workers | |
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| High-Tech Computer Programmers | |
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| Express Package Delivery Workers | |
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| Legal Obstacles to U.S. Workers' Exercise of Freedom of Association | |
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| Defenseless Workers: Exclusions in U.S. Labor Law | |
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| Agricultural Workers | |
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| Domestic Workers | |
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| Independent Contractors | |
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| Supervisors | |
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| Managers | |
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| Other Exclusions | |
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| Public Employees | |
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| Colorado Steelworkers, the Right to Strike and Permanent Replacements in U.S. Labor Law | |
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| Worker Solidarity and Secondary Boycotts | |
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| Conclusion, 2004 | |