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Migrant Labor NGOs and Trade Unions: A Partnership in Progress?

Petsa

2006

May-akda

Michele Ford

Buod

Over the last two decades, the needs and interests of temporary international labor migrants in Southeast Asia have overwhelmingly been the concern of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) rather than trade unions. However, in recent years unions have increasingly been forced to acknowledge that migrant workers are a potentially important trade union constituency. This introduction provides the theoretical framework for a collection of articles which grew out of a project involving academics, trade unionists and migrant labor NGO activists on the extent of union-NGO cooperation on migrant worker issues. It argues that while unions are now much more engaged with both with temporary migrant workers and the NGOs who advocate on their behalf, unions' approaches towards transnationalism and citizenship (and the concomitant issue of legality) - along with entrenched inter-sectoral divisions and prejudices - continue to limit their preparedness and ability to engage fully with issues concerning temporary labor migration.

Journal title

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Dami

15

Numero

3

Connections

Pang-ekonomiyang sektor

Management occupations - general

Target na mga grupo

Mananaliksik

Geographical kaugnayan

Estados Unidos and Regional relevance

Wika

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