))
#8 - The Invisible Labour Market - Part 2: migrant workers and the pandemic
Manage episode 266649332 series 2740101
Content provided by Borders of Equality Podcast. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Borders of Equality Podcast or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ro.player.fm/legal.
In this episode we discuss the regulation of migrant employment in the Netherlands with Imke van Gardingen, a policy advisor at the Dutch trade union federation FNV. In the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom or the US, there have been Covid-19 outbreaks in slaughterhouses and other workplaces that employ large numbers of migrant workers. People who have been observing working conditions in these sectors were not surprised: cramped working and conditions, and a business model that minimises costs sometimes at the expense of health and safety. Imke explains how this labour market works and how loopholes in state legislation enable it.
…
continue reading
2 episoade
Distribuie
