Globalization, work and the casualization of labour : Temporary migrant labour in the drive of employment toward the marginal job markets
This article examines three government programs favouring the rapid expansion of migrant labour into the marginal job markets: 1) seasonal migrant farm workers hired in the framework of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) ; 2) migrant domestic housekeepers hired in the framework of the Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP) ; and 3) so-called “unqualified” temporary migrant workers hired in the framework of the Pilot Project for Occupations Requiring Lower Levels of Formal Training. Given the emphasis placed on flexibility in the post-Fordist era, temporary migrant work epitomizes the drive toward casualization of labour and the pushing of jobs into marginal labour markets. The instrumentalization and exploitation of this type of labour is further compounded and intensified by globalization.