Type:
Seminar
Date:
February 8, 2023
Subject Fields:
Southeast Asian History / Studies, Sociology
Storefront Maids and Shopfloor Maids on the Global Labor Assembly Line: Control and Deployment of Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore and Indonesia
Wednesday 8 Feb, 12pm-1.15pm
Storefront Maids and Shopfloor Maids on the Global Labor Assembly Line (lse.ac.uk)
How is a transnational workforce reproduced? In this seminar SEAC Visiting Senior Fellow, Dr Andy Scott Chang (Singapore Management University) will argue that international staffing agencies play a midwifery role in the governance of guest workers, ensuring the replenishment of a flexible and malleable labor supply. This will be a hybrid event with attendees welcome in person and via zoom.
Contact Info:
Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre
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