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Outsourced racism in Italy

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  • Rossana Cillo

    (University of Venice Ca’ Foscari)

  • Fabio Perocco

    (University of Venice Ca’ Foscari)

Abstract

Research findings suggest that in some Italian industrial sectors a structural relationship may exist between new forms of work organization deriving from subcontracting and the embedding of racial discrimination in the workplace. This article first analyses the transformations of work that have led to the increasing recourse to the use of outsourcing. The second part examines the structural transformations due to subcontracting in the construction, metalworking and shipbuilding sectors in Italy from a comparative perspective. The third part presents the main empirical evidence on the effects of the crisis that have made union intervention against both contractual stratification and racial discrimination particularly difficult.

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  • Rossana Cillo & Fabio Perocco, 2015. "Outsourced racism in Italy," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 21(1), pages 51-63, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:treure:v:21:y:2015:i:1:p:51-63
    DOI: 10.1177/1024258914561412
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    1. Pietro Basso, 2007. "Trade union responses to racism in Italy's shipbuilding and metalworking industries," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 13(3), pages 431-446, August.
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    3. Nathan Lillie, 2012. "Subcontracting, Posted Migrants and Labour Market Segmentation in Finland," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 50(1), pages 148-167, March.
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