Transnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic: Migrant Farmworkers in Canada (Politics of Citizenship and Migration)

Chapter 1. Introduction Situating the Case Study: the COVID-19 Outbreaks, Travel Bans and Exemptions in the Canadian Context Methodology & Methods Chapter Outline Chapter 2. Rethinking Employment Strain Through a Transnational Lens: Centering Migrant Workers' Lives Migrant Farmworkers in Canada: The Institutional Context Transnational Employment Strain How a Global Health Crisis Exacerbated Employment Strain among Essential Migrant Farmworkers Chapter 3. Transnational Employment Strain: A Longstanding Feature of Migrant Farm Work Employment demands among transnational migrant farmworkers Employment Resources Available to Migrant Farmworkers Chapter 4. Transnational Employment Strain in Pandemic Times: Magnified Strains and Insufficient Resources Increased occupational health risks and inadequate protections Amplified Strains in Employer-Provided Housing Heightened Insecurity: Reprisals, Dismissals and Repatriation Reduced Earnings and Insufficient Income Supports "Essential" but Excluded from employment resources provided to frontline workers Chapter 5. Mitigating Transnational Employment Strain Among Migrant Farmworkers: Principals and Practical Strategies Open Work Permits Permanent Residency Status for Injured Workers A National Housing Standard Opportunities for Better Jobs and Full and Meaningful Access to Wide-Ranging Services Access to Income Support Access to public health insurance Decency in Wages and Collective Bargaining Rights for Agricultural Workers: Increasing Workers' Power over the Employment Relationship Regular and Unannounced Workplace and Housing Inspections