Between 2000 and 2014, there was increasing mobility of migrant workers to Canada, especially through temporary migration streams. However, the large expansion of the Canadian Temporary Foreign Worker Program from 2000 to 2014 has been curtailed over the last one to two years with more...

The following is a brief introduction to the book Suburban Sweatshops: The Fight for Immigrant Rights by Professor Gordon. In 1992, Gordon founded the Workplace Project to help immigrant workers in the underground suburban economy of Long Island, New York. In this book, she tells the unexpected...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The New Sweatshops -- 2. The Workplace Project Story -- 3. Paths to Participation -- 4. Rights Talk and Collective Action -- 5. A Legal Clinic and Organizing -- 6. Noncitizen Citizenship -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.