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Displacement of people, migration, immigration and the demand for labour are connected to the fundamental restructuring of capitalism and to the reduction of working class power through legislation...
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01 September 2009

Displacement of people, migration, immigration and the demand for labour are connected to the fundamental restructuring of capitalism and to the reduction of working class power through legislation to free the market from “state interference.” The consequence is that a large number of immigrant and temporary foreign workers face relentless competition and little in the way of protection in the labour market. Globally and in Canada, immigrant workers are not passive in the face of these conditions: they survive and fight back. This book documents their struggles and analyses them within the context of neoliberal globalization and the international and national labour markets. Fight Back grew out of collaboration between a group of university-affiliated researchers who are active in different social movements and community organizations in partnership with the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal. The book shares with us the experiences of immigrant workers in a variety of workplaces. It is based on the underlying belief that the best kind of research that tells “how it really is” comes from the lived experience of people themselves.
Price: $22.00
Pages: 128
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Imprint: Fernwood Publishing
Publication Date:
01 September 2009
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781552662977
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, LAW / Emigration & Immigration
Aziz Choudry is an assistant professor in the department of integrated studies in education at McGill University. His work has been featured in Canadian Dimension, the Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, and International Education. Jill Hanley is involved with several research teams, focusing on community organizing and social policy as they intersect with people’s immigration status. Steve Jordan is an associate professor and chair of the department of integrated studies in education at McGill University. His work has been featured in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, the Journal of Vocational Education and Training, the McGill Journal of Education, and Societies and Education. Eric Shragge is the principal of the School of Community and Public Affairs at Concordia University. He is the author of Activism and Social Change, the editor of Community Economic Development, and the coeditor of Learning through Community. Martha Stiegman is a filmmaker and PhD candidate at Concordia University. They all live in Montreal, Quebec.
: Introduction
: Context
: Becoming an Immigrant Worker
: Access to Social Rights
: Seasonal Agricultural Workers
: Live-In Caregiver Program
: Survival and the Fight Back
: Bibliography