Regulation and Resistance: Strategies of Migrant Domestic Workers in Canada and Internationally
- Date
1997
- Auteurs
Daiva K. Stasiulis et Abigail B. Bakan
- Résumé
Discusses the Canadian migrant domestic/live-in caregiver program in the global context of domestic worker migration, & addresses barriers to the protection of domestic workers' rights. The Canadian system is described as among the best in the world, but it shares with other such programs an inherent asymmetry in citizenship statuses & rights of employers & workers & the expectation that workers will live in the home of employers. Barriers to the enforcement of existing regulations to protect migrant domestic workers include the shared jurisdiction over foreign domestics of Canadian & foreign governments. A review of sender & receiver countries' policies indicates that there is often a large discrepancy in existing statutes. Activists have fought to secure migrant domestic workers' rights by creating placement agencies in both sender & receiver countries & linking their campaigns to global efforts to address the issues of unemployment & migration. 45 References. Adapted from the source document.
- Journal title
Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
- Volume
6
- Numéro
1
- Page numbers
31-57
- Éditeur
Scalabrini Migration Center
- Lieu de publication
Manila
- Liens
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12321182 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12321182)
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- Secteurs économiques
Occupations in services - Domestic work
- Types de contenu
Policy analysis
- Groupes cibles
Chercheurs, Syndicats et ONG/groupes communautaires/réseaux de solidarité
- Domaines de réglementation
Droit de changer d’employeur, Droit de choisir son lieu de résidence, Droit de se syndiquer, Normes du travail, Santé et sécurité au travail, Programmes d’intégration des nouveaux arrivants, Santé et services sociaux, Accès à un statut permanent, Réunification des familles, Agences de recrutement et de placement, Normes de logement et Droit à la dignité
- Pertinence géographique
Canada, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Colombie-Britannique, Autres provinces, Fédéral et Nouvelle-Écosse
- Sphères d’activité
Droit, Science politique et Socioligie
- Langues
Anglais