Detalles del documento

Imprima y guarde

Artículo de periódico

Regulation and Resistance: Strategies of Migrant Domestic Workers in Canada and Internationally

Fecha

1997

Autores

Daiva K. Stasiulis y Abigail B. Bakan

Resumen

Discusses the Canadian migrant domestic/live-in caregiver program in the global context of domestic worker migration, & addresses barriers to the protection of domestic workers' rights. The Canadian system is described as among the best in the world, but it shares with other such programs an inherent asymmetry in citizenship statuses & rights of employers & workers & the expectation that workers will live in the home of employers. Barriers to the enforcement of existing regulations to protect migrant domestic workers include the shared jurisdiction over foreign domestics of Canadian & foreign governments. A review of sender & receiver countries' policies indicates that there is often a large discrepancy in existing statutes. Activists have fought to secure migrant domestic workers' rights by creating placement agencies in both sender & receiver countries & linking their campaigns to global efforts to address the issues of unemployment & migration. 45 References. Adapted from the source document.

Journal title

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumen

6

Número

1

Page numbers

31-57

Editor

Scalabrini Migration Center

Lugar de publicación

Manila

Conexiones

Los sectores económicos

Occupations in services - Domestic work

Tipos de contenido

Análisis de políticas

Los grupos destinatarios

Los investigadores, Los sindicatos, y ONG / grupos comunitarios / redes de solidaridad

Áreas de regulación

Derecho a cambiar de empleador, Derecho a elegir su lugar de residencia, Derecho a organizarse, Normas Laborales, Salud y Seguridad, Programas de integración para los recién llegados, Salud y Servicios Sociales, El acceso a la condición de permanente, La reunificación familiar, Las agencias de contratación y la inversión, Calidad de la vivienda, y Derecho a la dignidad

Relevancia geográfica

Canada, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Colombia Británica, Otras provincias, Federal, y Nueva Escocia

Esferas de la actividad

Derecho, Ciencias Políticas, y Socioligie

Idiomas

Inglés