Transnational employment strain in a global health pandemic : migrant farmworkers in Canada /: migrant farmworkers in Canada. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Leah F. Vosko, Tanya Basok, Cynthia Spring.
• Authors: Vosko, Leah F; Basok, Tanya, 1958-; Spring, Cynthia
• Contents: ​Chapter 1. IntroductionSituating the Case Study: the COVID-19 Outbreaks, Travel Bans and Exemptions in the Canadian ContextMethodology & MethodsChapter Outline Chapter 2. Rethinking Employment Strain Through a Transnational Lens: Centering 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 Chapter 3. Transnational Employment Strain: A Longstanding Feature of Migrant Farm WorkEmployment demands among transnational migrant farmworkersEmployment Resources Available to Migrant Farmworkers Chapter 4. Transnational Employment Strain in Pandemic Times: Magnified Strains and Insufficient ResourcesIncreased 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 Chapter 5. Mitigating Transnational Employment Strain Among Migrant Farmworkers: Principals and Practical Strategies Open Work Permits Permanent Residency Status for Injured Workers A National Housing Standard Opportunities for Better Jobs and Full and Meaningful Access to Wide-Ranging Services Access to Income Support 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.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 331.5440971; Migrant agricultural laborers -- Canada; Migrant agricultural laborers -- Government policy -- Canada; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Economic aspects -- Canada; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Influence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031177040
• Related ISBNs: 9783031177033
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