From Migrant to Worker: Global Unions and Temporary Labor Migration in Asia by M

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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...

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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.

Author Biography

Michele Ford is Professor of Southeast Asian Studies and Director of the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre at the University of Sydney. She is the author of Workers and Intellectuals.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Asia's Labor Migration and Employment Relations Regimes2. Asia's Migrant Labor NGOs3. Enter the GUFs4. The GUFs and Migrant Workers in Asia5. Measures of SuccessConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Review

From Migrant to Worker is a compelling account of how local unions in Asian countries... came to embrace temporary labour migrants... This book shows impeccable research and erudite discourse, addressing the issues of temporary labour migration and labour unions in Asia. Ford has effortlessly tied discussions from a multitude of angles into a coherent narrative. With almost encyclopaedic detail, the book is an authoritative reference on this issue and transcends both national and continental borders. * Journal of Contemporary Asia *From Migrant to Worker is an excellent source for academic, union, and civil society audiencesvinterested not only in the developments of the labor movement and temporary migrant workers' situation in Asia but also in understanding the dynamics between global and local actors, in particular in terms of external funding and local responses. * ILR Review *

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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.

Review Quote

"Michele Ford tells us how trade unions have reacted towards migrant workers in seven major labour importing countries in Southeast and East Asia: did they protect them as workers and include them in their rank and file? The diversity of - often unexpected - outcomes in the seven cases becomes understandable through her thorough analysis of the interaction between explaining variables, such as immigration and labour relations regimes, political opportunity structures, the strength of trade unions, of NGO's and of the migrants themselves. Such a comprehensive exercise has not been done yet for this region."

Details ISBN1501735144 Author Michele Ford Pages 210 Publisher Cornell University Press Year 2019 ISBN-10 1501735144 ISBN-13 9781501735141 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2019-04-15 Imprint ILR Press Subtitle Global Unions and Temporary Labor Migration in Asia Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 331.62095 Short Title From Migrant to Worker Language English UK Release Date 2019-04-15 AU Release Date 2019-04-15 NZ Release Date 2019-04-15 US Release Date 2019-04-15 Illustrations 1 Maps; 2 Charts Audience Age 18 Alternative 9781501735158 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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