Watch HERE.
Professor Andrew Abbott
Professor Douglas Massey
Professor Myra Marx-Ferree
Professor Michael Burawoy
Professor Andrew Abbott
Professor Douglas Massey
Professor Myra Marx-Ferree
Professor Michael Burawoy
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Korea Can NOT Afford Racism
In 2006, the number of foreigners living in Korea surpassed 900,000. Today, there are 1.3 million, accounting for 2.7 percent of Korea's population, a 40 percent increase over the five-year period. The wariness and antagonism has also grown to go beyond hurling verbal abuse at them on public buses.
In April, a lawmaker proposed a law giving the same medical and educational benefits to children of illegal aliens as those given Korean children. That prompted a visit to the lawmaker's office by four men, who belonged to a group opposing the government's multicultural policies aimed at welcoming foreigners to Korea. They spoke to the lawmaker for an hour detailing their reasons.
There are about five civic groups that are opposed to multiculturalism. They claim that foreigners take away jobs from locals and commit crimes, and that they dilute the racial identity of Koreans. The groups visited the Bangladeshi Embassy early this year and demanded officials educate Bangladeshis about crime prevention. They also rallied in front of KBS protesting against the state-run broadcaster airing programs that they claimed instill fantasies about multicultural families. Last year, the groups posted around 1,500 messages on the Labor Ministry's website demanding an end to work visas for people from Muslim countries.
Read the artile at Chosun Ilbo here.
In April, a lawmaker proposed a law giving the same medical and educational benefits to children of illegal aliens as those given Korean children. That prompted a visit to the lawmaker's office by four men, who belonged to a group opposing the government's multicultural policies aimed at welcoming foreigners to Korea. They spoke to the lawmaker for an hour detailing their reasons.
There are about five civic groups that are opposed to multiculturalism. They claim that foreigners take away jobs from locals and commit crimes, and that they dilute the racial identity of Koreans. The groups visited the Bangladeshi Embassy early this year and demanded officials educate Bangladeshis about crime prevention. They also rallied in front of KBS protesting against the state-run broadcaster airing programs that they claimed instill fantasies about multicultural families. Last year, the groups posted around 1,500 messages on the Labor Ministry's website demanding an end to work visas for people from Muslim countries.
Read the artile at Chosun Ilbo here.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Working Conditions and Worker Rights in a Global Economy
This book by Professor Robert Flanagan is an interesting read to figure out how within the context of Globalization - we are racing to the bottom. Read and watch the short intro. here.
This book explains the effects of three key mechanisms of globalization international trade, international migration, and the activities of multinational companies on working conditions and labor rights around the world. Drawing on analyses of a database on international labor conditions assembled for this project and a growing research literature on globalization and labor conditions, the book reveals how conditions have changed during the late 20th century globalization, and presents and evaluates evidence on links between globalization mechanisms and labor conditions. The book presents and evaluates evidence on how economic growth, international trade, migration and multinational companies influence labor conditions. The analysis and evidence indicate that countries that are open to international trade have superior labor conditions. Moreover, foreign direct investment mainly flows to countries with superior labor conditions, and wages and working conditions in multinational companies are superior to employment conditions in host-country firms.
The book also reviews the historical effects of international migration on wages (and other working conditions) and discusses the role of modern barriers to international migration. The evidence indicates that each of the mechanisms of globalization is associated with the improvements in working conditions predicted by international trade theory and with improvements in labor rights. In contrast, the evidence does not support the view that increasing economic integration initiates an international race to the bottom that produces sweatshop labor conditions. The book also discusses alternative policies for improving world labor conditions further, including national and international labor standards regulation. The evidence indicates that in contrast with trade, migration, and international capital flows, labor standards regulation has had a negligible role in advancing labor conditions. As an alternative, several policies that create opportunities for targeted worker groups show promise for supplementing the positive effects of globalization on labor conditions.
This book explains the effects of three key mechanisms of globalization international trade, international migration, and the activities of multinational companies on working conditions and labor rights around the world. Drawing on analyses of a database on international labor conditions assembled for this project and a growing research literature on globalization and labor conditions, the book reveals how conditions have changed during the late 20th century globalization, and presents and evaluates evidence on links between globalization mechanisms and labor conditions. The book presents and evaluates evidence on how economic growth, international trade, migration and multinational companies influence labor conditions. The analysis and evidence indicate that countries that are open to international trade have superior labor conditions. Moreover, foreign direct investment mainly flows to countries with superior labor conditions, and wages and working conditions in multinational companies are superior to employment conditions in host-country firms.
The book also reviews the historical effects of international migration on wages (and other working conditions) and discusses the role of modern barriers to international migration. The evidence indicates that each of the mechanisms of globalization is associated with the improvements in working conditions predicted by international trade theory and with improvements in labor rights. In contrast, the evidence does not support the view that increasing economic integration initiates an international race to the bottom that produces sweatshop labor conditions. The book also discusses alternative policies for improving world labor conditions further, including national and international labor standards regulation. The evidence indicates that in contrast with trade, migration, and international capital flows, labor standards regulation has had a negligible role in advancing labor conditions. As an alternative, several policies that create opportunities for targeted worker groups show promise for supplementing the positive effects of globalization on labor conditions.
Foreign Workers and their Impact ( Korea Conference)
A very important conference on International Migration held in 2007 in KOrea can been here at YOU TUBE here.
Participants include:
M. Abella
S. Martin
S. Castles
The biggest name in international labor migration.
Participants include:
M. Abella
S. Martin
S. Castles
The biggest name in international labor migration.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Recent Crackdown Reports in South Korea
Government Joint Crackdown Notice
** Obey law and order about foreign workers employment
** Hiring undocumented foreign workers will be fined maximum 20,000,000 won.
** Voluntarily leaving foreign workers will get the benefit of penalty exemption and deregulation of re-entry
Period: Sep 19, 2011 – Nov 30, 2011
Information Campaign: Sep 19 – Sep 30, 2011 (2 weeks)
Voluntary Exit Program: Oct 1 – Oct 31, 2011 (1 month)
Crackdown on undocumented: Nov 1 – Nov 30, 2011 (1 month)
Major target: Work place where hiring many EPS visa validity terminating workers
— Foreign workers concentrated area such as large scale industrial complex and
etc.
— Manpower Agency, Construction Field, Service Industry
— Adult Entertainment Bar, Massage Parlor and etc.
** Obey law and order about foreign workers employment
** Hiring undocumented foreign workers will be fined maximum 20,000,000 won.
** Voluntarily leaving foreign workers will get the benefit of penalty exemption and deregulation of re-entry
Period: Sep 19, 2011 – Nov 30, 2011
Information Campaign: Sep 19 – Sep 30, 2011 (2 weeks)
Voluntary Exit Program: Oct 1 – Oct 31, 2011 (1 month)
Crackdown on undocumented: Nov 1 – Nov 30, 2011 (1 month)
Major target: Work place where hiring many EPS visa validity terminating workers
— Foreign workers concentrated area such as large scale industrial complex and
etc.
— Manpower Agency, Construction Field, Service Industry
— Adult Entertainment Bar, Massage Parlor and etc.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Documentary: May Day (2011) in Pakistan
This is the saddest post amongst all. It will highlight the life of Pakistani labors - many of whom are tied to bonded labor, unknowingly. The links below are a story a brick maker and how he spend his day? what his life is like? What the future holds for him? How much he earns? This is not just one man - but millions like him.
They start their day even earlier than a sunrise. Both husband and wife makes 900 bricks a day ( if they really work extremely hard). This get them 1(one dollar) USD. With 5 mouths to feed - the labor said: "future is dark, and this is how we will just die - this is our fate - others don;t even consider us as human beings!"
The name of the program is "A day with GEO TV" on GEO Network of Pakistan. Host's name is Sohail and the labor is Hanif.
Pakistan is a feudal country, people are either too rich or too poor, they are either too liberal or too radical. Since 9/11 - the whole world has changed but - for these people things have gone from bad to worst but for Pakistan, well, it is unrecognizable.
As for these people, they have no clue of anything in and around them, not even a next village a few kilometers away from their own...but overall, they are all categorized as terrorists or radicals of some sort - a danger to the world. ;-(
War on error and Pakistan's marriage of discord with the United States - was a rich mans' game...a common Pakistani does NOT even know that there is a a country called the United States or city called Islamabad (capital of Pakistan).
Video 1 (Part 1) can be seen here - don't forget to watch it - of course you won't understand the conversation but underneath I'll translate the conversation between the interviewer and the labor.
Video 2 (part 2) here.
Translation:
They start their day even earlier than a sunrise. Both husband and wife makes 900 bricks a day ( if they really work extremely hard). This get them 1(one dollar) USD. With 5 mouths to feed - the labor said: "future is dark, and this is how we will just die - this is our fate - others don;t even consider us as human beings!"
The name of the program is "A day with GEO TV" on GEO Network of Pakistan. Host's name is Sohail and the labor is Hanif.
Pakistan is a feudal country, people are either too rich or too poor, they are either too liberal or too radical. Since 9/11 - the whole world has changed but - for these people things have gone from bad to worst but for Pakistan, well, it is unrecognizable.
As for these people, they have no clue of anything in and around them, not even a next village a few kilometers away from their own...but overall, they are all categorized as terrorists or radicals of some sort - a danger to the world. ;-(
War on error and Pakistan's marriage of discord with the United States - was a rich mans' game...a common Pakistani does NOT even know that there is a a country called the United States or city called Islamabad (capital of Pakistan).
Video 1 (Part 1) can be seen here - don't forget to watch it - of course you won't understand the conversation but underneath I'll translate the conversation between the interviewer and the labor.
Video 2 (part 2) here.
Translation:
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Korean Universities Globalization
A very intersting article by Professor Chun-Tae-hyun of Hankuk University of Foreign Languages can be read on how Korean universities are globalizing with a focus a multi-lingual lectures availabilty, professor and student bosy is making vibes. Article acn be read here.
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