LEADER 05326nam 2200517 450 001 9910639887203321 005 20230423074240.0 010 $a3-031-17704-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7165771 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7165771 035 $a(CKB)25913871800041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925913871800041 100 $a20230423d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcz#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTransnational employment strain in a global health pandemic $emigrant farmworkers in Canada /$fLeah F. Vosko, Tanya Basok and Cynthia Spring 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2023] 210 4$d©2023 215 $a1 online resource (167 pages) 225 1 $aPolitics of Citizenship and Migration Series 311 08$aPrint version: Vosko, Leah F. Transnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031177033 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Acknowledgements -- Praise For Transnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic: Migrant Farmworkers In Canada -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Situating the Case Study: COVID-19 Outbreaks, Travel Bans, and Exemptions in the Canadian Context -- Rates, Clusters, Outbreaks, and their Drivers in the Canadian Labour Market -- Canada's Initial Response to COVID-19: Counteracting COVID-Safety Protocols with Labour Market Activation and Exemptions to Travel Bans -- Agriculture in Canada: An Essential Industry and Major Site of COVID-19 Outbreaks -- Methodology and Methods -- A Multi-Method Approach -- Description of the Sample -- Analysis -- Chapter Outline -- References -- 2 Rethinking Employment Strain Through a Transnational Lens: Centring Migrant Workers' Lives -- Migrant Farmworkers in Canada: The Institutional Context -- Transnational Employment Strain -- How a Global Health Crisis Exacerbated Employment Strain Among Essential Migrant Farmworkers -- References -- 3 Transnational Employment Strain: A Longstanding Feature of Migrant Farm Work -- Employment Demands Among Transnational Migrant Farmworkers -- Occupational Health Hazards and Injuries -- Pressure to Increase Productivity and Extend Working Hours -- Overcrowded and Substandard Housing -- Deportability -- Transnational Responsibilities and Employment Demands -- Employment Resources Available to Migrant Farmworkers -- Control Over the Work Environment -- Adequate Remuneration -- Protecting Migrant Farmworkers from Excessive Employment Demand: Government Initiatives -- References -- 4 Transnational Employment Strain in Pandemic Times: Magnified Strains and Insufficient Resources -- Increased Occupational Health Risks and Inadequate Protections -- Amplified Strains in Employer-Provided Housing. 327 $aHeightened Insecurity: Reprisals, Dismissals, and Repatriation -- Reduced Earnings and Insufficient Income Supports -- "Essential" but Excluded from Employment Resources Provided to Frontline Workers -- Wider Community: Employment Demand or Resource? -- References -- 5 Mitigating Transnational Employment Strain Among Migrant Farmworkers: Principles and Practical Strategies -- Status Upon Arrival and an Overhaul of the Regulation and Valuation of Work in Agriculture -- Protection from Employer Reprisals Prompting Repatriation: An Independent Tribunal and Open Work Permits -- A National Housing Standard -- Meaningful Access to Income Support and Wide-Ranging Services -- Access to Public Health Insurance -- Decency in Wages and Collective Bargaining Rights for Agricultural Workers: Increasing Workers' Power Over the Employment Relationship -- Regular and Unannounced Workplace and Housing Inspections -- Beyond Canada: Understanding the Transnational Employment Strain Globally -- References -- References -- Index. 330 $aThe 202022 COVID-19 pandemic reinforced inequalities between the global North and South, amplifying pre-existing disparities between national workers and migrants, many of whom sustain food supplies far from home through their work in agriculture. Leah F. Vosko, FRSC, is Professor of Political Science and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair at York University, Canada. Tanya Basok is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Windsor, Canada. Cynthia Spring is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics at York University, Canada. 410 0$aPolitics of citizenship and migration. 606 $aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-$xInfluence 606 $aMigrant agricultural laborers$zCanada 606 $aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-$xEconomic aspects$zCanada 615 0$aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-$xInfluence. 615 0$aMigrant agricultural laborers 615 0$aCOVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-$xEconomic aspects 676 $a001.20905 700 $aVosko$b Leah F.$0875377 702 $aBasok$b Tanya 702 $aSpring$b Cynthia 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910639887203321 996 $aTransnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic$93003422 997 $aUNINA