Migrant Labor in the Persian Gulf

Migrant Labor in the Persian Gulf
Author: Mehran Kamrava
Publisher: C Hurst & Company Publishers Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Foreign workers
ISBN: 9781849042109

In some countries of the Persian Gulf as much as 85 to 90 per cent of the population is made-up of expatriate workers.Unsurprisingly, all of the concerned states spend inordinate amounts of their political energies managing the armies of migrant labourers employed in their countries, and there are equally fundamental social, cultural, and economic consequences involved as well. Despite the pervasive and farreaching nature of the phenomenon, to date there have not been any comprehensive, easily accessible studies of labour migration in the Persian Gulf. Migrant Labour in the Persian Gulf is a multi-disciplinary examination of the manifold causes, nature, processes, and consequences of labour migration into the Persian Gulf. It critically analyses the effects of migration for native communities, looking at the types and functions of informal - and at times formal - bi-national and multinational networks that emerge from and in turn sustain migration patterns over time, the role and functions of recruitment agencies, and the values, behaviours, and plans of migrants workers prior to and after setting off for the Persian Gulf.

We Were All Like Migrant Workers Here

We Were All Like Migrant Workers Here
Author: William J. Bauer Jr.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2009-12-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780807895368

The federally recognized Round Valley Indian Tribes are a small, confederated people whose members today come from twelve indigenous California tribes. In 1849, during the California gold rush, people from several of these tribes were relocated to a reservation farm in northern Mendocino County. Fusing Native American history and labor history, William Bauer Jr. chronicles the evolution of work, community, and tribal identity among the Round Valley Indians in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that enabled their survival and resistance to assimilation. Drawing on oral history interviews, Bauer brings Round Valley Indian voices to the forefront in a narrative that traces their adaptations to shifting social and economic realities, first within unfree labor systems, including outright slavery and debt peonage, and later as wage laborers within the agricultural workforce. Despite the allotment of the reservation, federal land policies, and the Great Depression, Round Valley Indians innovatively used work and economic change to their advantage in order to survive and persist in the twentieth century. We Were All Like Migrant Workers Here relates their history for the first time.

From Migrant to Worker

From Migrant to Worker
Author: Michele Ford
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2019-04-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1501735160

What happens when local unions begin to advocate for the rights of temporary migrant workers, asks Michele Ford in her sweeping study of seven Asian countries? Until recently unions in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand were uniformly hostile towards foreign workers, but Ford deftly shows how times and attitudes have begun to change. Now, she argues, NGOs and the Global Union Federations are encouraging local unions to represent and advocate for these peripheral workers, and in some cases succeeding. From Migrant to Worker builds our understanding of the role the international labor movement and local unions have had in developing a movement for migrant workers' labor rights. Ford examines the relationship between different kinds of labor movement actors and the constraints imposed on those actors by resource flows, contingency, and local context. Her conclusions show that in countries—Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Thailand—where resource flows and local factors give the Global Union Federations more influence local unions have become much more engaged with migrant workers. But in countries—Japan and Taiwan, for example—where they have little effect there has been little progress. While much has changed, Ford forces us to see that labor migration in Asia is still fraught with complications and hardships, and that local unions are not always able or willing to act.

Migrant Rights at Work

Migrant Rights at Work
Author: Laurie Berg
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2015-06-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1317617819

Public debates about the terms of membership and inclusion have intensified as developed economies increasingly rely on temporary migrant labour. While most agree that temporary migrant workers are entitled to the general protection of employment laws, temporary migrants have, by definition, restricted rights to residence, full social protections and often to occupational and geographic mobility. This book raises important ethical questions about the differential treatment of temporary and unauthorised migrant workers, and permanent residents, and where the line should be drawn between exploitation and legitimate employment. Taking the regulatory reforms of Australia as a key case study, Laurie Berg explores how the influence of immigration law extends beyond its functions in regulating admission to and exclusion from a country. Berg examines the ways in which immigration law and enforcement reconfigure the relationships between migrant workers and employers, producing uncertain and coercive working conditions. In presenting an analytical approach to issues of temporary labour migration, the book develops a unique theoretical framework, contending that the concept of precariousness is a more fruitful way than equality or vulnerability to evaluate and address issues of temporary migrant labour. The book will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of immigration law and employment law and policy.

Who Needs Migrant Workers?

Who Needs Migrant Workers?
Author: Martin Ruhs
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2010-08-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199580596

This book discusses the demand for migrant labour both conceptually and empirically with a focus on the UK.

Migrant Farm Workers

Migrant Farm Workers
Author: Linda Jacobs Altman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1994
Genre: Agricultural laborers.
ISBN: 9780531130339

Discusses the history and economics of migrant labor, describes the impact of the Great Depression, and recounts the efforts of migrant workers to improve their lot through boycotts and strikes

India's Migrant Workers and the Pandemic

India's Migrant Workers and the Pandemic
Author: Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000507254

A sudden announcement was made by the government on 24 March 2020 of a complete lockdown of the country, due to the spectre of Coronavirus. India’s Migrant Workers and the Pandemic was being written as the crisis was unfolding with no end in sight. Migrant workers from different parts of India had no choice but to trek back hundreds of kilometres carrying their scanty belongings and dragging their hungry and thirsty children in the scorching heat of the plains of India to reach home. How did caste, race, gender, and other fault lines operate in this governmental strategy to cope with a virus epidemic? The eight papers in this collection, highlight the ethical and political implications of the epidemic—particularly for India’s migrant workers. What were the forces of power at play in this war against the epidemic? What measures could have been taken and need to be taken now? Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Harvest Of Confusion

Harvest Of Confusion
Author: Philip L Martin
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2019-04-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0429693400

This book is intended as the first building block to assist in the development of realistic solutions for migrant farmworker issues in the U.S. It analyzes the vast and diverse data and literature which generate the confusion over the number and distribution of farmworkers who work in agriculture.

Migrant Laborers

Migrant Laborers
Author: Sharon Stichter
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1985-12-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521272131

This 1985 book surveys the literature on labor migration in east, west and southern Africa and interprets it from a political economy perspective.

Does Skill Make Us Human?

Does Skill Make Us Human?
Author: Natasha Iskander
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0691217572

Regulation : how the politics of skill become law -- Production : how skill makes cities -- Skill : how skill is embodied and what it means for the control of bodies -- Protest : how skillful practice becomes resistance -- Body : how definitions of skill cause injury -- Earth : how the politics of skill shape responses to climate change.