Migrant Organising: Community Unionism, Solidarity and Bricolage

by Brill, Beltr?n Roca (Other)

Overview

In Migrant Organising: Community Unionism, Solidarity and Bricolage, Emma Martín-Díaz and Beltrán Roca explore recent developments in community unionism and solidarity networks among migrant workers in a post-Fordist context characterised by transnationalism and global chains.

The contributions in this edited book describe different types of trade union strategies toward migrant workers and the rise of solidarity and bricolage initiatives in situations in which conventional union organising cannot succeed. Cases from Germany, Spain, Italy and Argentina reveal that the transformation of work, the rise of global chains and the intensification of international migrations are the basis of new forms of union and extra-union intervention.

Contributors include: Beltrán Roca, Emma Martín-Díaz, Simone Castellani, Mark Bergfeld, Juan Pablo Aris-Escarcena, Giulia Borraccino, Paula Dinorah Salgado, Alicia Reigada, Giuseppe D’Onofrio and Jon Las Heras.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004464940
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/21/2021
Series:	International Comparative Social Studies Series , #54
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Emma Martín, Ph.D. (1989), is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Seville (Spain). Her research lines are migrations, inter-ethnic relations, citizenship, human rights and gender. Her last article on migration studies have been published in the journals International Migration and Comparative Migration Studies.
Beltrán Roca, Ph.D. (2011), is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Cádiz (Spain). His research lines are trade unionism, social movements, third sector and migrant workers. His work on migrant workers has been published in journals such as Antipode, Critical Sociology and Migraciones.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Post-Fordism, Transnationalism and Global Chains as a Context for Community Unionism and Solidarity Networks
 Beltrán Roca and Emma Martín-Díaz
1 Labour Activism and Organisational Bricolage among Spanish and Italian Emigrants in Germany
 Simone Castellani and Beltrán Roca
2 Community through Corporatisation? The Case of Spanish Nurses in the German Care Industry
 Mark Bergfeld
3 Cross-Border Domestic Work in Ceuta: Challenges and Alternative Organisations
 Emma Martín Díaz and Juan Pablo Aris Escarcena
4 Organising Migrant Porters of the Logistic Sector: The Italian Case of SI Cobas
 Giulia Borraccino
5 Migrant Worker Organisations and Overexploitation in the Garment Industry in Argentina
 Paula Dinorah Salgado
6 Collective Action, Experience and Identity in Global Agrarian Enclaves: The Case of Andalusia, Spain
 Alicia Reigada
7 Transforming Labour Law or Recurring to Grass-Root Mobilisation? The Struggles over the Empowerment of Tomato-picking Migrant Workers in Southern Italy
 Giuseppe D’Onofrio and Jon Las Heras
8 Putting the Pieces Together: Post-Fordist Migrations, Community Unionism, Solidarity Networks and Bricolage
 Beltrán Roca and Emma Martín-Díaz

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