americans have long recognized a right to ones labor, the populist movement claimed a right to democratic input into the nature of the economy, the works progress administration during the depression was arguably rooted in this sense of a right to decent employment.
ones relationship to labor (their own or others) is a critical area of political contestation in american political thought, and the idea that one has a right to a decent living is very much a part of that discourse.
like, i’m not even sure i think there’s a “right to employment,” the point of that passage is to say “taking these amendments seriously opens vast possibilities for change in the united states.” but just as a matter of american political history, it’s not a crazy idea.
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