Book Presentation: The Politics of Migrant Labour

As part of the ERC project Illicit Labour and the global photovoltaic industry, Gabriella Alberti (University of Leeds) and Devi Sacchetto (University of Padua) will present their latest book The Politics of Migrant Labour: Exit, Voice, and Social Reproduction (Bristol University Press).

The meeting will be moderated by Riccardo Martinelli (CNR-IRPPS), with contributions from: Lucia Amorosi (Scuola Normale Superiore), Andrea Ciarini (Sapienza University), and Antonio Sanguinetti (CNR-IRPPS).

This book explores the link between labor mobility and international migration from a historical and global perspective. By analyzing the individual and collective actions of migrants, both within and outside trade union organizations, Alberti and Sacchetto offer a new interpretation of the daily mobility of migrant workers, considering it as a creative and vital strategy for social reproduction and labor conflict.