Undocumented Workers

Author : Carolina Alonso Bejarano,Lucia López Juárez,Mirian A. Mijangos García,Daniel M. Goldstein
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478004547

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Decolonizing Ethnography by Carolina Alonso Bejarano,Lucia López Juárez,Mirian A. Mijangos García,Daniel M. Goldstein Pdf

In August 2011, ethnographers Carolina Alonso Bejarano and Daniel M. Goldstein began a research project on undocumented immigration in the United States by volunteering at a center for migrant workers in New Jersey. Two years later, Lucia López Juárez and Mirian A. Mijangos García—two local immigrant workers from Latin America—joined Alonso Bejarano and Goldstein as research assistants and quickly became equal partners for whom ethnographic practice was inseparable from activism. In Decolonizing Ethnography the four coauthors offer a methodological and theoretical reassessment of social science research, showing how it can function as a vehicle for activism and as a tool for marginalized people to theorize their lives. Tacking between personal narratives, ethnographic field notes, an original bilingual play about workers' rights, and examinations of anthropology as a discipline, the coauthors show how the participation of Mijangos García and López Juárez transformed the project's activist and academic dimensions. In so doing, they offer a guide for those wishing to expand the potential of ethnography to serve as a means for social transformation and decolonization.

Author : Duncan Tonatiuh
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781683352419

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Undocumented by Duncan Tonatiuh Pdf

Undocumented is the story of immigrant workers who have come to the United States without papers. Every day, these men and women join the work force and contribute positively to society. The story is told via the ancient Mixtec codex—accordion fold—format. Juan grew up in Mexico working in the fields to help provide for his family. Struggling for money, Juan crosses over into the United States and becomes an undocumented worker, living in a poor neighborhood, working hard to survive. Though he is able to get a job as a busboy at a restaurant, he is severely undercompensated—he receives less than half of the minimum wage! Risking his boss reporting him to the authorities for not having proper resident papers, Juan risks everything and stands up for himself and the rest of the community.

Author : Frans J. Schryer
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801455124

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They Never Come Back by Frans J. Schryer Pdf

Frans J. Schryer draws on the experiences of indigenous people from a region in the Mexican state of Guerrero to explore the impact of this transformation on the lives of migrants.

Author : Nicole Constable
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520282025

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Born Out of Place by Nicole Constable Pdf

Hong Kong is a meeting place for migrant domestic workers, traders, refugees, asylum seekers, tourists, businessmen, and local residents. In Born Out of Place, Nicole Constable looks at the experiences of Indonesian and Filipina women in this Asian world city. Giving voice to the stories of these migrant mothers, their South Asian, African, Chinese, and Western expatriate partners, and their Hong Kong–born babies, Constable raises a serious question: Do we regard migrants as people, or just as temporary workers? This accessible ethnography provides insight into global problems of mobility, family, and citizenship and points to the consequences, creative responses, melodramas, and tragedies of labor and migration policies.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309482172

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Immigration as a Social Determinant of Health by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity Pdf

Since 1965 the foreign-born population of the United States has swelled from 9.6 million or 5 percent of the population to 45 million or 14 percent in 2015. Today, about one-quarter of the U.S. population consists of immigrants or the children of immigrants. Given the sizable representation of immigrants in the U.S. population, their health is a major influence on the health of the population as a whole. On average, immigrants are healthier than native-born Americans. Yet, immigrants also are subject to the systematic marginalization and discrimination that often lead to the creation of health disparities. To explore the link between immigration and health disparities, the Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity held a workshop in Oakland, California, on November 28, 2017. This summary of that workshop highlights the presentations and discussions of the workshop.

Author : Sonia McKay,Eugenia Markova,Anna Paraskevopoulou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136681943

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Undocumented Workers' Transitions by Sonia McKay,Eugenia Markova,Anna Paraskevopoulou Pdf

This book explores how immigration laws, while aimed at discouraging undocumented migration, actually sustain it. It documents the circumstances that have caused previously documented migrants to become undocumented and explores the impact of their changing status on their families and on their own employment opportunities. The authors argue that undocumented migrants are forced into the most precarious types of work, and changes in the way that employment is organised, with a shift into temporary, agency and sub-contracted work, makes undocumented migrants particularly attractive in some employment markets. This groundbreaking volume draws substantially on data collected from a two-year research study in seven European countries that was focused on understanding the impact of migration flows on EU labour markets.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Alien labor
ISBN : PURD:32754077259509

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Undocumented Workers by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs Pdf

Author : United States. Department of Labor. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Aliens
ISBN : CORNELL:31924001328628

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Undocumented Workers by United States. Department of Labor. Library Pdf

Author : Bloch, Alice,McKay, Sonia
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447319375

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Living on the Margins by Bloch, Alice,McKay, Sonia Pdf

Living on the margins offers a unique insight into the working lives of undocumented (or ‘irregular’) migrants living in London, and their employers. It offers an international context to the research and provides theoretical, policy and empirical analyses.

Author : Sheldon L. Maram,Stewart Long
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Clothing workers
ISBN : UCR:31210013935125

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The Labor Market Impact of Hispanic Undocumented Workers by Sheldon L. Maram,Stewart Long Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Alien labor
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045415424

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Undocumented Workers by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs Pdf

Author : Michele LeVoy,Nele Verbruggen,Johan Wets
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Agricultural laborers, Foreign
ISBN : IND:30000100662323

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Undocumented Migrant Workers in Europe by Michele LeVoy,Nele Verbruggen,Johan Wets Pdf

Compilation of papers originally presented at the PICUM conference held on 26 May 2003 at the European Parliament, Brussels. Sheds light on international migration and the deterioration of working conditions for undocumented migrants. Lists protective and repressive measures in use in European countries, followed by an overview of labour conditions faced by undocumented workers in agriculture, construction, and domestic work. Explores the basic social rights and minimum standards, and the role of actors who contribute to promoting undocumented workers' rights, such as social inspectors, trade unions, and NGOs. Gives recommendations and a list of relevant websites. Includes two ILO contributions: Patrick A. Taran: Globalization, migration and exploitation - irregular migrants and fundamental rights at work (p. 9-23); and Roger Plant: Forced labour and migrant workers (p. 61-65).

Author : J. Samuel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Canada
ISBN : UCSD:31822026066365

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The Jobs and Effects of Migrant Workers in Northern America by J. Samuel Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Alien labor
ISBN : PURD:32754076883309

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The Knowing Employment of Illegal Immigrants by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy Pdf

Author : Pia M. Orrenius
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781437924336

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Do Immigrants Work in Riskier Jobs? by Pia M. Orrenius Pdf

Recent reports suggest that immigrants are more likely to hold jobs with worse working conditions than U.S.-born workers, perhaps because immigrants work in jobs that â¿¿natives donâ¿¿t want.â¿¿ Despite this widespread view, earlier studies have not found immigrants to be in riskier jobs than natives. This study combines individual-level data from the 2003â¿¿2005 American Community Survey on work-related injuries and fatalities to take a fresh look at whether foreign-born workers are employed in more dangerous jobs. The results indicate that immigrants are in fact more likely to work in risky jobs than U.S.-born workers, partly due to differences in average characteristics, such as immigrantsâ¿¿ lower English language ability and educational attainment. Illus.