The dynamics of union responses to migrant workers in Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7423610 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason Foster (0000-0002-3683-5101, Athabasca University), Alison Taylor (0000-0002-9980-5575, University of British Columbia), Candy Khan (University of Alberta) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 409-426 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0950017014559964 |
| OpenAlex | W2111027399 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 42 |
This study examines how five unions in the Canadian province of Alberta responded to a sudden influx of temporary foreign workers (TFWs), as part of Canadian employers’ increased use of migrant workers in the mid-2000s. The authors find three types of response to the new TFW members: resistive, facilitative and active. Furthermore, these responses were dynamic and changing over time. The different responses are best explained not by the unions’ institutional context, but by internal factors shaping each union’s response. Drawing upon the concept of referential unionisms, the study explores how unions’ self-identity shapes their responses to new challenges such as the influx of migrant workers
Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Dynamics (music · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Identity (music · Migrant workers · Political science · Sociology · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions
Les nouveaux visages de la précarisation du travail au Québec et au Canada
The health of temporary foreign workers in Canada
Some psychological determinants of broad union attitudes
Migrant worker experiences in Atlantic Canadian fish processing plants
When do Labour Unions Fight for Migrant Workers? The Nexus of Collective Identity and Institutional Legacies in Taiwan and South Korea
Immigration, Labour Markets and Employment Relations
Organising migrants as workers or as migrant workers? Intersectionality, trade unions and precarious work
Immigrant workers and class structure in Western Europe
Marxism and class theory
‘Equal Rights for all Workers’
On Being Not Canadian
Guarding the Gates
Whose socialisation? Exploring the social interaction between migrants and communities‐of‐place in rural areas
Training ‘expendable’ workers
Temporary migrants, partial citizenship and hypermigration
The Canadian Labour Movement
The Canadian Historical Review
Double Standard
Numbers vs. Rights
Working People in Alberta
Canada's Experience with Managed Migration
Working People in Alberta
Restructuring of the US Meat Processing Industry and New Hispanic Migrant Destinations
The Canadian Labour Movement
In the Shadows' Exploring the Notion of 'Community' for Temporary Foreign Workers in a Boomtown
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |