Migrant Organising: Community Unionism, Solidarity and Bricolage

In Migrant Organising: Community Unionism, Solidarity and Bricolage, Emma Martín-Díaz and Beltrán Roca explore recent developments in community unionism and solidarity networks among migrant workers in a post-Fordist context characterised by transnationalism and global chains.

The contributions in this edited book describe different types of trade union strategies toward migrant workers and the rise of solidarity and bricolage initiatives in situations in which conventional union organising cannot succeed. Cases from Germany, Spain, Italy and Argentina reveal that the transformation of work, the rise of global chains and the intensification of international migrations are the basis of new forms of union and extra-union intervention.

Contributors include: Beltrán Roca, Emma Martín-Díaz, Simone Castellani, Mark Bergfeld, Juan Pablo Aris-Escarcena, Giulia Borraccino, Paula Dinorah Salgado, Alicia Reigada, Giuseppe D’Onofrio and Jon Las Heras.

Emma Martín, Ph.D. (1989), is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Seville (Spain). Her research lines are migrations, inter-ethnic relations, citizenship, human rights and gender. Her last article on migration studies have been published in the journals International Migration and Comparative Migration Studies.
Beltrán Roca, Ph.D. (2011), is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Cádiz (Spain). His research lines are trade unionism, social movements, third sector and migrant workers. His work on migrant workers has been published in journals such as Antipode, Critical Sociology and Migraciones.