The political economy of workers' health and safety

Elling, Ray H.

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(89)90010-5

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“…My fieldwork shifts to another scale to show how labour negotiates the global governance terrain; highlighting that the power dynamics between capital and labour implicated in corporate codes need equal scrutiny too. The codes of reality that emerge in respect of health and safety does illustrate that the cultural hegemony of corporate codes do still continue to short change workers (Elling 1989). Labour geographers point to how labour is a constitutive agent facilitating the spread, breadth and accumulation of global capitalism (Castree 2007, Herod 2012).…”

Section: Conclusion: Hazardous Endings?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…OHS, however, is a disputed arena as it essentially encapsulates the perennial conflict between state, capital and labour. The strength of labour movements, collective worker participation, dominance of bio-medical approaches, and worker awareness all determine and shape the efficacy of OHS in factory settings (Brown 2009(Brown , 2011Elling 1989;O'Rourke 2000). They shed light on the varied ways workers experience factory settings, pointing to the continued 89 work that needs to be done.…”

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“…Yet, our awareness of the ways in which both management and workers interpret and implement OHS measures as they cross continents and countries is limited. Elling (1989) says that this lacuna makes imperative the need for thick description so as 'to expose the ways in which cultural hegemony operates to undercut and short change (OHS) and the workers' exposure to occupational hazards ' (1989: 1179-1181). Ethnography, and participant observation in particular, enlivens how labour negotiates everyday workplaces (Armbruster 2008, Brooks 2010, Prentice 2010.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Furthermore complacency and racism within some union organisations, which play along with the work assignment of migrants and ethnic minority workers to the most unpleasant and hazardous jobs, have contributed to the increased health and safety risk due to exposure to asbestos and hydrocarbons hazards (ELLING, 1989). WRENCH and VIRDEE (1996) have revealed how, on several occasions, British trade unions and management colluded and discriminated against black workers in order to lower their wage and to keep the hierarchical division of labour whereby 3-D jobs refused by native workers were filled by migrants and ethnic minority labour.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, an understanding of the socio-economic, political and legal contexts in which employment relations take place is very crucial in the study of the health and safety concerns of migrants and ethnic minority workers (ELLING, 1989). Many social scientists have observed that health and safety risk and injuries are socially constructed and produced (BECK, 1992;DWYER, 1991;NICHOLS, 1997) and that health and safety of migrants are also culturally determined (LIN and PEARSE, 1990;MANDERSON, 1990).…”

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Health and Safety Concerns os Migrant Workers: The Experience of Tunisian Workers in Modena, Italy

Daly¹

2012

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-This paper examines the relatively under-researched field of health and safety of migrant workers, with special reference to Tunisian construction workers in the city of Modena in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. The empirical material comes from questionnaires and interviews with Tunisian migrants, plus smaller numbers of interviews with employers and trade union representatives in Modena. The paper starts by critically reviewing the scattered literature on the health and safety of minority workers, most of which refers to the United States and the United Kingdom. The discussion then moves to a consideration of migrant health and safety questions in the contexts of racism, discrimination, social class, working conditions, labour market segmentation and (non-) regulation. Special attention is given to the failed role of trade unions in defending the rights of minority workers, in advanced countries generally and in Italy in particular. A case study is then made of the construction sector in Italy, enriched by personal accounts of the experiences of Tunisian migrant workers in Modena. Employer and trade union interviews reveal a lack of concern and ability to tackle the relevant issues. Barriers to health and safety awareness training are outlined. In the conclusion, recommendations are made for policy initiatives in this area.Key words : Tunisian migrants, Modena, Italy, construction industry, health and safety, discrimination. Resumo -SAÚDE E SEGURANÇA DOS TRABALHADORES IMIGRANTES: A EXPERIÊNCIA DOSTUNISINOS EM MODENA, ITÁLIA.. Este texto incide sobre o tema relativamente pouco estudado da saúde e segurança dos trabalhadores migrantes, sendo feita especial referência ao caso dos tunisinos empregados no sector da construção civil na cidade de Modena, na região italiana de Emilia-Romagna. A base empírica consiste num conjunto de entrevistas e inquéritos realizados junto de imigrantes tunisinos, bem como num número mais reduzido de entrevistas com empregadores e representantes de sindicatos da região de Modena. O texto inicia-se com uma análise crítica da dispersa literatura existente relativa à questão da saúde e segurança laborais dos trabalhadores pertencentes a minorias, a maioria da qual provém dos contextos dos Estados Unidos e da Grã-Bretanha. Procede-se em seguida a uma discussão dos aspectos da saúde e segurança dos trabalhadores 1 University of Tunis, Tunisia. E-mail: fdaly61@yahoo.fr. migrantes no contexto das questões mais vastas do racismo, discriminação, classe social, condições de trabalho, segmentação e (não-)regulação do mercado de trabalho. É dada especial atenção à falta de capacidade dos sindicatos na salvaguarda dos direitos dos trabalhadores migrantes ou pertencentes a minorias, tanto na generalidade dos países industrializados como na Itália em particular. O estudo de caso incide sobre o sector da construção civil em Itália, sendo enriquecido com relatos pessoais de experiências de imigrantes tunisinos em Modena. As entrevistas com os empregadores e representantes dos sindicat...

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The political economy of workers' health and safety

Cited by 16 publications

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Scripted Performances? Local Readings of ‘Global’ Health and Safety Standards in the Apparel Sector in Sri Lanka

Scripted Performances? Local Readings of ‘Global’ Health and Safety Standards in the Apparel Sector in Sri Lanka

Health and Safety Concerns os Migrant Workers: The Experience of Tunisian Workers in Modena, Italy

The coming of age of critical medical anthropology

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