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Organizing migrant workers

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  • Jane Holgate

    (Queen Mary, University of London, UK, j.holgate@qmul.ac.uk)

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The structural position of black and minority ethnic workers (BME) and migrant workers in the UK labour market is relatively well known. Many workers in these groups find themselves in low-paid, low-skilled jobs primarily because of their ethnicity and regardless of their skills. This racialization of the labour market has been well documented - particularly since the ‘large-scale’ BME immigration in the post-war period. What is less well known is what it is like to work in these increasingly segmented sections of the economy where white workers have abandoned jobs in favour of (slightly) more lucrative work. Adopting a case-study approach, this article follows a trade union’s attempt to organize a sandwich factory of 500 workers, where most of the workforce was made up of BME migrant workers.

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  • Jane Holgate, 2005. "Organizing migrant workers," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 19(3), pages 463-480, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:19:y:2005:i:3:p:463-480
    DOI: 10.1177/0950017005055666
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    1. Andy Charlwood, 2004. "Influences on Trade Union Organizing Effectiveness in Britain," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 42(1), pages 69-93, March.
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    1. Ian Clark & Trevor Colling, 2018. "Work in Britain's Informal Economy: Learning from Road†Side Hand Car Washes," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 56(2), pages 320-341, June.

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