From Migrant to Worker – Global Unions and Temporary Labor Migration in Asia
From Migrant to WorkerGlobal Unions and Temporary Labor Migration in Asia\nAuthor(s): Michele Ford\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: ILR Press\nISBN-13: 9781501735141, 978-1501735141\nSynopsis\nWhat 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.\n\n 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 .
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