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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797993403321

Titolo

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

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

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."