The turnover of labour and its significance for workers and employers has usually been considered at the organizational level as individual exit behaviour, and seldom in relation to the cross-border mobility practices of migrant workers within and without the workplace.Drawing from labour process theory, the autonomy of migration, social reproduction, and industrial relations, this book explores the relationship between labour mobility and international migration under a global and historical perspective.Uncovering both the individual and collective actions by migrants inside and outside worker organizations, the authors develop a new understanding of migrants’ everyday mobilities as creative and life-sustaining strategies of social reproduction and labour conflict.
Gabriella Alberti is Associate Professor of Work and Employment Relations and Researcher at the Centre for Employment Relations Innovation and Change (CERIC) at the University of Leeds.Devi Sacchetto is Professor of Sociology of Work at the Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology at the University of Padova,.
Introduction: Migration and Labour Turnover1. Theorizing Labour Mobility Power2. The Logistics of Living Labour3. Enclaves of Differentiated Labour4. The Field of Social Reproduction5. Migrant OrganizingConclusion: Rethinking Worker Power Through Mobility
“An exciting exposition of mobility in modern work. It unites labour process theory and migration theory, in a coherent synthesis around labour mobility and migration, with many illustrative cases that back up carefully crafted analysis. It’s a must-read for anyone interested in work in the modern world.” Chris Smith, Royal Holloway, University of London