“We don’t feel free at all”: temporary ni-Vanuatu workers in the Riverina, Australia

Petrou, Kirstie; Connell, John

doi:10.1080/10371656.2018.1443415

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“…En lo que respecta al SWP, se trata de un programa que copia al Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE), el programa neozelandés, que a su vez imitó el modelo del SAWP canadiense (Petrou y Connell, 2018). Este programa se inicia en 2008, habiendo sido reivindicado durante años por parte de los empresarios e incluso habiendo sido recomendado por el Banco Mundial (Curtain et al, 2018).…”

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“…Solo hubo una excepción en este contexto, y fue la aplicación en los años 80 de un primer PMT de trabajadores agrícolas para hacer frente a una fuerte necesidad de mano de obra en ese periodo. Sin embargo, su corta duración en el tiempo tuvo que ver con el inicio de una crisis económica que volvió a nutrir al sector de trabajadores locales, conllevando el cierre del programa por parte de las autoridades (Petrou y Connell, 2018). No será hasta 2007 cuando el país, como ya se ha mencionado antes para el caso australiano, impulsado por el Banco Mundial, establecerá su PMT moderno, nombrado como "Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme" (RSE).…”

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La creciente dependencia de mano de obra migrante para tareas agrícolas en el centro global. Una perspectiva comparada

Gerbeau

2020

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Numerosos estudios, sobre todo en las últimas décadas, han señalado el progresivo aumento del número de migrantes realizando trabajo agrícola en los Estados del centro global. Desde el paradigma de la ecología-mundo, se teorizó sobre el hecho de que este fenómeno mundial constituía una estrategia sistémica para mantener estables y bajos los precios de la comida, siendo la producción de ésta, un pilar que sustenta las fases de acumulación del capitalismo. Con el objetivo de contribuir a reforzar dicha teoría, este artículo pretende, a través de un estudio de casos comparados, dimensionar este fenómeno. Así, se dará cuenta a través de las estadísticas oficiales disponibles, de la magnitud del irreversible y estructural proceso de “migrantización” del trabajo agrícola ocurrido en las áreas centrales mundiales entre mediados del siglo pasado y principios de este.

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La creciente dependencia de mano de obra migrante para tareas agrícolas en el centro global. Una perspectiva comparada

Gerbeau

2020

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“…Such programmes were not designed with climate change adaptation in mind but are now considered to be potential migration pathways that can support climate change adaptation. Yet workers have restrictions on their movements, face insecure and precarious work conditions, and lack access to permanent residency once in New Zealand or Australia (Bedford, Bedford, Wall, & Young, ; Petrou & Connell, ; Rockell, ; Stead, ). Poor treatment of SWP Pacific seasonal agricultural workers by private labour companies has even been described as modern day slavery (Doherty, ).…”

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Transformative mobilities in the Pacific: Promoting adaptation and development in a changing climate

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Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

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Climate change is affecting Pacific life in significant and complex ways. Human mobility is shaped by climate change and is increasingly positioned by international agencies, policymakers, and governments as having an important role in both climate change adaptation and human development. We consider the potential for human mobility to promote adaptation and development among Pacific people in a changing climate. We argue that where Pacific people choose mobility, this should be supported and create opportunities that are responsive to the histories and existing patterns of mobility and place attachment among Pacific Islanders; commence from a position of climate and development justice; and advance human rights and socio-political equity. Transformative mobilities are where mobility, adaptation, and development intersect to achieve the best possible outcomes for cultural identity, human rights, adaptation, and human development goals across scales and in origin and destination sites. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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“…These tasks, and the people who do them, are regularly labelled 'unskilled' and 'lowskilled' in policy documents, media reports, academic literature and everyday discourse alike (e.g. Preibisch 2010;Collins et al 2016;Bedford et al 2017;Porter 2017; Department of Jobs and Small Business 2018; Munro 2018; Petrou and Connell 2018). We contend that these labels set a foundation for exploitation; they position hired farmworkers as a disposable workforce that performs a job anyone could do (Hernández Romero 2012).…”

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“…Additional problems include poor pay, dangerous working conditions, unreasonable hours and inadequate healthcare (Basok 2002;Binford 2009;Preibisch 2010; Hennebry and Preibisch 2012;Scott 2015;Weiler et al 2016). TMWPs have been condemned for embedding a two-tier labour market, for depressing wages (Lenard and Straehle 2012), and for undermining workers' agency and access to recourse (Petrou and Connell 2018).…”

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Exploring migrants’ knowledge and skill in seasonal farm work: more than labouring bodies

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Migrant farmworkers dominate the horticultural workforce in many parts of the Minority (developed) World. The 'manual' work that they do-picking and packing fruits and vegetables, and pruning vines and trees-is widely designated unskilled. In policy, media, academic, activist and everyday discourses, hired farm work is framed as something anybody can do. We interrogate this notion with empirical evidence from the Sunraysia horticultural region of Australia. The region's grape and almond farms depend heavily on migrant workers. By-and-large, the farmers and farmworkers we spoke to pushed back against the unskilled tag. They asserted that farmworkers acquire knowledge and skills over time and that experienced farmworkers are valuable-their value being brought into sharp relief against accounts of inexperienced farmworkers' errors. Our interviewees provided rich insights into farmworkers' engagements with crops and the intricacies of picking and pruning well. Far from being bereft of knowledge and skills, they recognised that experienced farmworkers bring benefits. They improve productivity, product quality and ultimately profits. This is especially so when open communication channels exist across the farm hierarchy, when experienced farmworkers' insights are taken seriously by their employers. Our research is informed by organisational studies literature and scholarship on craft/ making. Like factory floor workers and artisans, experienced farmworkers bring accumulated knowledge and skills to their work, gained through repeat performance. They reflect on and adjust their activities in dialogue with their materials and the environment. Experienced farmworkers demonstrate care, dexterity and judgement. They are not unskilled, and they are more than labouring bodies.

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“We don’t feel free at all”: temporary ni-Vanuatu workers in the Riverina, Australia

Cited by 27 publications

References 24 publications

La creciente dependencia de mano de obra migrante para tareas agrícolas en el centro global. Una perspectiva comparada

La creciente dependencia de mano de obra migrante para tareas agrícolas en el centro global. Una perspectiva comparada

Transformative mobilities in the Pacific: Promoting adaptation and development in a changing climate

Exploring migrants’ knowledge and skill in seasonal farm work: more than labouring bodies

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