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Migrant Workers, Labor, and Organizing from their Perspective

Courtney, Richard
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1649927909821515

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2022, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Psychology.
This thesis examines migrant workers' perceptions of their workplace, labor, and labor organizing/organizations. Ample literature details the discrimination and oppression migrant workers face in the workplace, provides overview of various forms of labor organizing, including labor unions and community-unionism, and explains the effects they have on worker wellbeing. This research sought to fill the large gap in the literature considering migrant workers' own perceptions on these topics, as well as avenues of possible action to address migrant worker discrimination. Data were gathered via semi-structured interviews with migrant workers over video calls, and interviews were analyzed utilizing Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Findings indicated that migrant workers reported some form of exploitation at their workplace, though specific manifestations vary across participants. Participants also had widely varying perceptions of labor unions, and were generally unfamiliar with worker centers and community unionism. Ways forward indicated by the participants indicate working on policy to address discrimination as well as having more information available to migrant workers in regards to labor organizing/organizations and their labor rights.
Anjali Dutt, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Carlie Trott, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Stacie Furst-Holloway, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
50 p.
Social Psychology
Migrant Workers; IPA; Labor; Community Psychology; Labor Unions; Community-Unionism

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  • Courtney, R. (2022). Migrant Workers, Labor, and Organizing from their Perspective [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1649927909821515

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Courtney, Richard. Migrant Workers, Labor, and Organizing from their Perspective. 2022. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1649927909821515.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Courtney, Richard. "Migrant Workers, Labor, and Organizing from their Perspective." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1649927909821515

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