Towards a decent labour market for low waged migrant workers / edited by Conny Rijken and Tesseltje de Lange.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rijken, Conny, editor.

Lange, Tesseltje de, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migrant labor--European Union countries.

Migrant labor.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

282 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]

Summary:

This anthology analyzes low-wage migrant workers in Europe from many perspectives, including migration policies, human rights, economics, and more. Free movement of workers and services in the EU calls into question the extent to which the labor market and its institutions are able to counteract negative consequences, such as downward wage pressures and abuse of workers. These essays flesh out the imbalances that unfairly disadvantage low-wage workers, shed light on their causes, and discuss possible solutions.

Contents:

Section 1 Setting the Scene: Imbalances on the Labour Market

1 The Challenge of Migration: Politics as Labour and Labour as Politics p. 39 / Bert van Roermund

2 How 'Low-Skilled' Migrant Workers Are Made Border-Drawing in Migration Policy p. 57 / Regine Paul

Section 2 Access to the Labour Market for EU Citizens and Third-country Nationals

3 From Competing to Aligned Narratives on Posted and Other Mobile Workers within the EU? p. 81 / Mijke Houwerzijl and Annette Schrauwen

4 Labour Arbitrage on European Labour Markets: Free Movement and the Hole of Intermediaries p. 109 / Jan Cremers and Ronald Dekker

5 The Seasonal Workers Directive Another Vicious Circle? p. 129 / Margarite Helena Zoeteweij

6 Towards Protection of Vulnerable Labour Migrants in Sweden: The Case of the Thai Berry Pickers p. 149 / Petra Herzfeld Olsson

7 Asylum Seekers' Limited Right to Work in the Netherlands p. 169 / Tesseltje de Lange

Section 3 Imbalances and Vulnerabilities

8 When Bad Labour Conditions Become Exploitation Lessons Learnt from the Chowdury Case p. 189 / Conny Rijken

9 Employer Sanctions: Instrument of Labour Market Regulation, Migration Control, and Worker Protection? p. 207 / Lisa Berntsen and Tesseltje de Lange

10 Bottom-up Approaches to the Regularisation of Undocumented Migrants: The Swiss Case p. 231 / Lucia Della Torre

11 When Nationalism Meets Soft Skills: Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Explaining Ethno-migrant Inequality in the Dutch Labour Market p. 247 / Hans Siebers

12 Collective Agreements and Equal Opportunities for Women and Disadvantaged Groups p. 267 / Johan Graafland.

ISBN:

9789462987555

9462987556

OCLC:

1010758045