Beschreibung:
What happens when local unions begin to advocate for the rights of temporary migrant workers, asks Michele Ford in her sweeping study of seven Asian countries? Until recently unions in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand were uniformly hostile towards foreign workers, but Ford deftly shows how times and attitudes have begun to change. Now, she argues, NGOs and the Global Union Federations are encouraging local unions to represent and advocate for these peripheral workers, and in some cases succeeding.
AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Asia's Labor Migration and Employment Relations Regimes2. Asia's Migrant Labor NGOs3. Enter the GUFs4. The GUFs and Migrant Workers in Asia5. Measures of SuccessConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex