Migrant Labor Crisis in India

Utilizing James C. Scott’s germinal concept of everyday resistance, we examine the subtle, daily acts of resistance carried out by Mexican and Jamaican migrant farmworkers in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia. We argue that despite finding themselves in situations of formidable constraint, migrant farmworkers utilize a variety of “weapons of the weak” that undermine the strict regulation of their employment by employers and state authorities. We also argue that everyday forms of resistance are important political acts and as such, they warrant inclusion in scholarly examinations. Indeed, by reading these methods neither as “real” resistance nor as political, we risk reproducing the same systems of power that de-legitimize the actions, agency, and political consciousness of subaltern and oppressed peoples. After a brief discussion on the concept of everyday resistance, we provide an overview of Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP), establishing the conditions that drive migrant workers to resist and drawing connections between the regulatory framework of the SAWP, the informality of the agricultural sector, and migrant labor. Finally, we examine specific instances of resistance that we documented over 3 recent years through ethnographic fieldwork and as community organizers with a grassroots migrant justice organization. We assert the importance of situating migrants’ everyday acts of resistance at the center of conceptualizations of the broader movement for migrant justice in Canada and worldwide.

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The Temporary Graveyard of Migrant Labor

Rethinking Marxism ◽

10.1080/08935690500046868 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 261-264

Author(s):

Marian Aguiar

Keyword(s):

Migrant Labor

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Ukrainian Labor Migrants in Poland: Challenges Caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Russia and New States of Eurasia ◽

10.20542/2073-4786-2021-4-228-239 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 228-239

Author(s):

V. Vedeneeva

Keyword(s):

Migrant Labor ◽

Labor Migrants ◽

Polish Economy ◽

Conditions Of Employment

This article examines the situation of Ukrainian labor migrants during the Covid-19 pandemic, and shows how the pandemic and the resulting restrictions have affected the situation of Ukrainian citizens working in Poland. Thanks to the first anti-crisis measures undertaken by the Polish authorities at the very beginning of the pandemic, most of Ukrainians working in Poland were able to remain in the country, but their conditions of employment noticeably deteriorated. As the Polish economy “unfreezed”, the demand for migrant labor has been growing significantly, and faced with a shortage of workers a significant mber of employers has been ready to raise the wages of Ukrainians, for whom Poland is still the first country of destination.

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“AKU MASIH CINTA INDONESIA”: STUDI PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER NASIONALISME DALAM KELUARGA PADA ANAK-ANAK BURUH MIGRAN INDONESIA DI MALAYSIA

JKKP (Jurnal Kesejahteraan Keluarga dan Pendidikan) ◽

10.21009/jkkp.071.08 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (01) ◽

pp. 87-97

Author(s):

Dimas Teguh Prasetyo ◽

Tarma ◽

Vera Utami Gede Putri

Keyword(s):

Character Education ◽

Child Labor ◽

Migrant Workers ◽

Informal Education ◽

Migrant Worker ◽

Migrant Labor ◽

Correlational Study ◽

Family Function ◽

Positive Correlation ◽

The Family

Fenomena migrasi yang dilakukan oleh para buruh migran Indonesia di Malaysia menyisakan cerita terutama bagi anak-anak yang lahir dan ikut bersama orangtuanya bermigrasi. Orangtua yang memiliki fungsi pendidikan dalam keluarga dituntut mampu memberikan pendidikan informal kepada anak-anak mereka untuk selalu mencintai dan menanamkan jiwa nasionalisme dalam diri mereka. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis pengaruh pendidikan karakter nasionalisme dalam keluarga terhadap karakter nasionalisme pada anak-anak buruh migran Indonesia di Malaysia. Studi ini merupakan penelitian korelasional yang dilakukan kepada 30 anak-anak di PKBM X Estate, Bintulu, Serawak, Malaysia. Hasil menunjukan bahwa terdapat pengaruh yang positif pendidikan karakter nasionalisme dalam keluarga terhadap karakter nasionalisme anak. Koefisien determinasi yang diperoleh dalam penelitian ini sebesar 25,50% yang menunjukkan bahwa besarnya karakter nasionalisme anak yang dipengaruhi oleh pendidikan karakter nasionalisme dalam keluarga. Hal tersebut menunjukan bahwa keluarga terutama orangtua memiliki peran yang penting dalam menciptakan dan mengembangkan karakter nasionalisme anak meskipun sedang berada dan tinggal di luar Indonesia. Kata Kunci: anak buruh migran, fungsi keluarga, karakter nasionalisme, pendidikan karakter "I Still Love Indonesia": Study of Nationalism Character Education in Families in Indonesian Migrant Worker in Malaysia Abstract The migration phenomenon conducted by Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia leaves stories especially for children born and who are with their parents migrating. Parents who have the function of education in the family are required to provide informal education to their children to always love and instill the soul of nationalism within them. This study aims to determine and analyze the influence of character education of nationalism in the family against the character of nationalism on the children of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia. This is a correlational study conducted to 30 children in Community Learing Center (CLC) X Estate, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia. The result shows that there was a positive correlation between character education of nationalism in the family and nationalism character of migrant labor children. It shows that family especially parents have important role to create and develop child nationalism whether they live in out of Indonesia. Keywords: character education, child labor migran, family function, nationalism character

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Birds of Passage: Migrant Labor and Industrial Societies.

Population and Development Review ◽

10.2307/1972564 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 527

Author(s):

William Alonso ◽

Michael J. Piore

Keyword(s):

Migrant Labor ◽

Industrial Societies

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