Sydney Southeast Asia Centre: Recent submissions
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From Migrant to Worker: Global Unions and Temporary Labor Migration in Asia
Published 2019-04-15What happens when local unions begin to advocate for the rights of temporary migrant workers, asks Michele Ford in her sweeping study of seven Asian countries? Until recently unions in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, ...Open AccessBook -
From Migrant to Worker: Global Unions and Temporary Labor Migration in Asia. Introduction
Published 2019-01-01What happens when local unions begin to advocate for the rights of temporary migrant workers, asks Michele Ford in her sweeping study of seven Asian countries? Until recently unions in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, ...Open AccessBook chapter -
The Limits of Mutual Aid: Emerging Forms of Collectivity among App-Based Transport Workers in Indonesia
Published 2019-04-01App-based transport has grown rapidly in Indonesia, and now provides work for over a million private commercial drivers. A large proportion of online drivers have joined self-organised community organisations that operate ...Open AccessArticle -
The International Labour Organization as a Development Actor in Southeast Asia
Published 2018-01-01Typically, the International Labour Organization (ILO) is discussed in narrow terms with specific reference to its role in setting labor standards and the success or otherwise of its attempts to convince governments and ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Politicizing the Minimum Wage: Wage Councils, Worker Mobilization, and Local Elections in Indonesia
Published 2019-01-01Indonesia’s weak labor movement transformed local wage councils from institutions of wage restraint into institutions that delivered generous wage increases. This article argues that the arrival of direct elections created ...Open AccessArticle