Détails du document

Impression et sauvegarde

Article de journal

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

Date

1997

Auteurs

Daiva K. Stasiulis et Abigail B. Bakan

Résumé

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

Volume

6

Numéro

1

Page numbers

31-57

Éditeur

Scalabrini Migration Center

Lieu de publication

Manila

Liens

Secteurs économiques

Occupations in services - Domestic work

Types de contenu

Policy analysis

Groupes cibles

Chercheurs, Syndicats et ONG/groupes communautaires/réseaux de solidarité

Domaines de réglementation

Droit de changer d’employeur, Droit de choisir son lieu de résidence, Droit de se syndiquer, Normes du travail, Santé et sécurité au travail, Programmes d’intégration des nouveaux arrivants, Santé et services sociaux, Accès à un statut permanent, Réunification des familles, Agences de recrutement et de placement, Normes de logement et Droit à la dignité

Pertinence géographique

Canada, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Colombie-Britannique, Autres provinces, Fédéral et Nouvelle-Écosse

Sphères d’activité

Droit, Science politique et Socioligie

Langues

Anglais