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Organizing migrant care workers in Israel: Industrial citizenship and the trade union option

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  • Guy MUNDLAK
  • Hila SHAMIR

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The authors examine the feasibility of trade unionism for migrant care workers, based on a recent organizing drive in Israel. Distinguishing between trade unions and other civil society organizations, they re-examine the concept of workers' collective action, looking at what constitutes a trade union and to what extent unions can address the specific concerns of migrant care workers. They conclude that, despite the numerous problems involved in organizing migrant care workers, and the vulnerabilities intrinsic to migration processes, gendered work and the occupation of care, trade unions play an important role in establishing industrial citizenship and forming political agency.

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  • Guy MUNDLAK & Hila SHAMIR, 2014. "Organizing migrant care workers in Israel: Industrial citizenship and the trade union option," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 153(1), pages 93-116, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:intlab:v:153:y:2014:i:1:p:93-116
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    1. Guy Mundlak & Ishak Saporta & Yitchak Haberfeld & Yinon Cohen, 2013. "Union Density in Israel 1995–2010: The Hybridization of Industrial Relations," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 52(1), pages 78-101, January.
    2. Eileen Boris & Jennifer Klein, 2006. "Organizing Home Care: Low-Waged Workers in the Welfare State," Politics & Society, , vol. 34(1), pages 81-108, March.
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    1. Oliver Fisher, 2021. "The Impact of Micro and Macro Level Factors on the Working and Living Conditions of Migrant Care Workers in Italy and Israel—A Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-33, January.
    2. Marlene SEIFFARTH, 2023. "Collective bargaining in domestic work and its contribution to regulation and formalization in Italy," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 162(3), pages 505-528, September.

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