Sökning: "migrant workers"

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  1. 21. Fläckiga arbetsförhållanden och fläckfria bär : En undersökning av cirkulär arbetsmigration inom bärindustrin 1980–2022

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Författare :Simon Siirtola; [2022]
    Nyckelord :commercial berry picking; contemporary history; oral history; precarious work; push and pull theory; social history; world-systems theory.; kommersiell bärplockning; muntlig historia; prekärt arbete; push-pull-teori; samtidshistoria; socialhistoria; världssystemteori;

    Sammanfattning : The berry industry is one of many migration corridors where migrant workers work under precarious forms of employment. The essay’s purpose is to examine different perspectives on the living and working conditions in the Swedish berry picking industry. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Historical ecology of the Greater Burgan oilfield : economy, technology, politics, and workers

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Saleh Youssef; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Oil extraction; The Greater Burgan Oilfield; Petrocultures; Assemblage thinking; Kuwait econ-omy; Oil peak; Migrant labour; Environmental History;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the current state of crude oil extraction and production in the Greater Burgan oilfield, Kuwait's largest and oldest oilfield. This thesis is based on interviews with oilfield workers, analyses of official documents from the Kuwaiti government and the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), and my own experience as an oilfield worker in Kuwait. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Between Guardian and Punisher : The Role of the German Inspectorate Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit for Migrant Workers

    Master-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)

    Författare :Tobias Seitz; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Migrant Worker; Labour Migration; Labour Exploitation; Labour Inspectorate; Trade Unions; Unions; Germany; Undeclared Work; Unlawful Employment; Minimum Wage; Political Economy; Regime Theory; Border Regime; Deportation; Ethnography; Counseling; Arbeitsmigration; Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit; Schwarzarbeit; Zoll; Illegale Beschäftigung; Ausbeutung; Gewerkschaft; Mindestlohn; Abschiebung; Regimetheorie; Grenzregime; Ethnographie; Beratung;

    Sammanfattning : Many in Germany argue that the minimum wage and other protective provisions for migrant workers will only be effective when workplace inspections by the enforcement body "Finanzkontrolle Schwarzarbeit" (FKS) are stepped up. For this reason, a novel cooperation agreement between the FKS and migrant workers' counseling offices has been signed, in June 2021. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Media, Men and Sex Workers : A critical discourse analysis of Swedish media’s portrayal of sex workers and sex buyers in Sweden

    Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Författare :Josefin Bloom; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Sex work; Sex buyers; Swedish media; Discourse analysis; Intersectionality;

    Sammanfattning : The premise of this thesis was to investigate how one national news outlet (Dagens Nyheter) in Sweden portrayed sex workers and sex buyers in their article series Skuggsidan. The series, published in effect of a famous TV-persona’s sex buying scandal in May of 2020, included interviews with former female sex workers, two case worker from a help organization and one former male sex buyer. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Trade Unions at a Crossroads : A Qualitative Case Study of Blue-Collar Trade Unions and Challenges from Labor Migration

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Charlotte Renström; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Trade unions; labor migration; migrant workers; collective organization; Sweden; Landsorganisationen LO ;

    Sammanfattning : As a result of the increasing mobility of labor globally, trade unions find themselves at a crossroads. Although labor migration has become a common feature of labor markets, it poses a threat to trade unions’ collective agreements by speeding up the downward pressure on wages and employment conditions. LÄS MER