A collection of 10 essays edited by Joseph B. Atkins. Compelling insight from 10 writers around the world about migrant workers’ rising consciousness of their rights and ability to assert those rights in a global economy that seems to place all power in the hands of mega-corporations. From tobacco workers in North Carolina to Vietnamese domestic workers in Taiwan and the network of organizations that support them, a movement is emerging that will pose a growing challenge to neoliberal rule. 136 pages.
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About the author
Joseph B. Atkins, a veteran journalist, labor writer, and professor of journalism at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of “Covering for the Bosses: Labor and the Southern Press (University Press of Mississippi, 2008) and the novel “Casey’s Last Chance” (Sartoris Literary Group, 2015), and editor/contributing writer of “The Mission: Journalism, Ethics and the World” (Iowa State University Press, 2002).
CONTENTS
Foreword, Bill Chandler
Introduction, Joseph B. Atkins
NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA
Chapter 1
“Workers aren’t a disposable product. They are the sole reason why everyone in this country has food on their table.” – The Story of Eulogio Solanoa – As told to author-photographer David Bacon
Chapter 2
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers: Grassroots Politics in the Age of Corporate Media, Silvia Giagnoni
EUROPE, NORTH AFRICA AND BEYOND
Chapter 3
How LabourStart Campaigns Globally for Workers Rights, Eric Lee
Chapter 4
Moroccan Migrant Workers in Gibraltar Win Rights with Help from Friends, Daniel Blackburn
THE MIDDLE EAST
Chapter 5
Two Years Turn into Twenty One: “Temporary Migrants” in Israel Answer Back through Local Activism, Angie Hsu
ASIA
Chapter 6
India’s Movable Workforce, Sindhu Menon
Chapter 7
Migrant Workers Struggle to Survive in China, Nancy Yan Xu
Chapter 8
Japan’s Ethnic Koreans: “Good Koreans or Bad Koreans, Kill Them Both!”, Takehiko Kambayashi
Chapter 9
Singapore: Citadel of Neoliberalism, Joseph B. Atkins
POSTSCRIPT
The Immigrants’ Tango in Argentina, Joseph B. Atkins
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Publication date: December 2016
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