Just work? : migrant workers' struggles today / / edited by Aziz Choudry and Mondli Hlatshwayo

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460501903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Pluto Press, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-78371-340-2; 1-78371-339-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Collana: Wildcat: workers' movements and global capitalism
• Disciplina: 331.5
• Soggetti: Migrant labor; Migrant labor - Social conditions; Migrant labor - Economic conditions; Immigrants - Employment; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1. Just Work? Migrant Workers, Capitalist Globalisation and Resistance - Aziz Choudry and Mondli Hlatshwayo; Part I: Africa and the Middle East; 2. Xenophobia, Resilience, and Resistance in Immigrant Workers in South Africa: Collective and Individual Responses - Mondli Hlatshwayo; 3. States of Exclusion: Migrant Work in the Gulf Arab States - Adam Hanieh; 4. Undocumented Migrant Workers in Nigeria: Labouring in the Shadows of Regional Integration - Baba Ayelabola; Part II: Europe; 9. The Possibilities and Limitations of Organising Immigrant Workers in Japan: The Case of the Local Union of the All-Japan Metal and INformation Machinery Workers' Union - Hiroshi Ueki10. Disaster Capitalism and Migrant Worker Organising in Aotearoa/New Zealand - Edward Miller and Dennis Maga; Part IV: North America; 11. Migrante, Abante: Building Filipino Migrant Worker Leadership through Participatory Action Research - Valerie Francisco; 12. Temporary Employment Agency Workers in Montreal: Immigrant and Migrant Workers' Struggles in Canada - Aziz Choudry and Mostafa Henaway; Contributor BiographiesIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: "Offers a wide range of new grassroots perspectives on global migrant labour organising today. From diverse workers' organisations in South Africa to migrant worker resistance in the Gulf, from forest workers in the Czech Republic to domestic workers' unions in Hong Kong, this book brings together a wealth of lived experiences and hidden struggles for the first time. Just Work? proves that migrant workers are finding innovative ways of resisting exploitation and challenging neoliberal immigration measures, both within traditional labour orgnaisations and beyond."