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

by Michele Ford

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501735144
• ISBN13: 9781501735141
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher