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Transnational employment strain in a global health pandemic : migrant farmworkers in Canada
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The 202022 COVID-19 pandemic reinforced inequalities between the global North and South, amplifying pre-existing disparities between national workers and migrants, many of whom sustain food supplie...
The 202022 COVID-19 pandemic reinforced inequalities between the global North and South, amplifying pre-existing disparities between national workers and migrants, many of whom sustain food supplies far from home through their work in agriculture. Leah F. Vosko, FRSC, is Professor of Political Science and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair at York University, Canada. Tanya Basok is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Windsor, Canada. Cynthia Spring is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics at York University, Canada.
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- Leah F. Vosko, Tanya Basok and Cynthia Spring
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- English
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- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
- ©2023
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- 1 online resource (167 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9783031177040, 3031177045, 9783031177033
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Praise For Transnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic: Migrant Farmworkers In Canada -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Situating the Case Study: COVID-19 Outbreaks, Travel Bans, and Exemptions in the Canadian Context -- Rates, Clusters, Outbreaks, and their Drivers in the Canadian Labour Market -- Canada's Initial Response to COVID-19: Counteracting COVID-Safety Protocols with Labour Market Activation and Exemptions to Travel Bans -- Agriculture in Canada: An Essential Industry and Major Site of COVID-19 Outbreaks -- Methodology and Methods -- A Multi-Method Approach -- Description of the Sample -- Analysis -- Chapter Outline -- References -- 2 Rethinking Employment Strain Through a Transnational Lens: Centring Migrant Workers' Lives -- Migrant Farmworkers in Canada: The Institutional Context -- Transnational Employment Strain -- How a Global Health Crisis Exacerbated Employment Strain Among Essential Migrant Farmworkers -- References -- 3 Transnational Employment Strain: A Longstanding Feature of Migrant Farm Work -- Employment Demands Among Transnational Migrant Farmworkers -- Occupational Health Hazards and Injuries -- Pressure to Increase Productivity and Extend Working Hours -- Overcrowded and Substandard Housing -- Deportability -- Transnational Responsibilities and Employment Demands -- Employment Resources Available to Migrant Farmworkers -- Control Over the Work Environment -- Adequate Remuneration -- Protecting Migrant Farmworkers from Excessive Employment Demand: Government Initiatives -- References -- 4 Transnational Employment Strain in Pandemic Times: Magnified Strains and Insufficient Resources -- Increased Occupational Health Risks and Inadequate Protections -- Amplified Strains in Employer-Provided Housing
- Heightened Insecurity: Reprisals, Dismissals, and Repatriation -- Reduced Earnings and Insufficient Income Supports -- "Essential" but Excluded from Employment Resources Provided to Frontline Workers -- Wider Community: Employment Demand or Resource? -- References -- 5 Mitigating Transnational Employment Strain Among Migrant Farmworkers: Principles and Practical Strategies -- Status Upon Arrival and an Overhaul of the Regulation and Valuation of Work in Agriculture -- Protection from Employer Reprisals Prompting Repatriation: An Independent Tribunal and Open Work Permits -- A National Housing Standard -- Meaningful Access to Income Support and Wide-Ranging Services -- Access to Public Health Insurance -- Decency in Wages and Collective Bargaining Rights for Agricultural Workers: Increasing Workers' Power Over the Employment Relationship -- Regular and Unannounced Workplace and Housing Inspections -- Beyond Canada: Understanding the Transnational Employment Strain Globally -- References -- References -- Index