@article{Hannan_Bauder_Shields_2016, title={‘Illegalized’ Migrant Workers and the Struggle for a Living Wage}, volume={27}, url={https://alternateroutes.ca/index.php/ar/article/view/22395}, abstractNote={<p>A higher proportion of workers are earning sub-poverty wages<br />today, compared to few decades ago. Illegalized migrant workers have<br />been disproportionately affected by this trend through super-exploitative<br />employer practices. To improve the wages of low-wage workers, members<br />of unions, community groups, activists, and support coalitions have<br />launched living wage campaigns in cities in the USA, UK and, more<br />recently, Canada. Recognizing that illegalized migrant workers’ lack of<br />legal status is valuable to neoliberalism’s economic “success”, yet at the<br />same time, subjects them to arrest and/or deportation by federal<br />immigration authorities, this paper examines modern living wage<br />campaigns, and how they have incorporated the situation of illegalized<br />migrant workers into their agenda. A review of the literature shows that<br />living wage campaigns have not been very successful in achieving their<br />broad goals while at the same time protecting low-waged illegalized<br />migrant workers. These findings indicate that current and future living<br />wage campaigns should consider working closely with Sanctuary City<br />campaigns to improve their strategies for protecting illegalized migrants<br />from arrest and/or deportation while working to improve the working and<br />living conditions of low-waged workers, including the illegalized.</p>}, journal={Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research}, author={Hannan, Charity-Ann and Bauder, Harald and Shields, John}, year={2016}, month={Jan.} }