Session: Unfree labour: States, capital and the struggles of migrant and immigrant workers for social and economic justice (The Second ISA Forum of Sociology (August 1-4, 2012))

141 Unfree labour: States, capital and the struggles of migrant and immigrant workers for social and economic justice

Wednesday, August 1, 2012: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

OB 29 (Faculty of Economics)

RC44 Labor Movements (host committee)

Session Organizers:

Aziz CHOUDRY, McGill University, Canada and Mark THOMAS, York University, Canada

Chair:

Jennifer CHUN, University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada

141.1

Unfree labour, law and imperialism
Adrian SMITH, Carleton University, Canada

141.2

Migraciones, informalidad y industria de la confección: Reflexiones acerca de Brasil
Camila BARALDI, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Táli Pires ALMEIDA, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

141.3

Resisting permanent impermanence: Performances of subordination and resistance, and the possibility of a migrant workers-led movement in Canada
Adriana PAZ RAMIREZ, Justicia for Migrant Workers, Canada

141.4

Migrant worker organizing and labour law in Canada (Oral)
Mark THOMAS, York University, Canada

141.5

The workers vs. temporary labour recruitment agencies: Contextualizing immigrant workers' struggles against temp agencies in Canada (Oral)
Aziz CHOUDRY, McGill University, Canada; Mostafa HENAWAY, Immigrant Workers Centre, Montreal, Canada

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