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            New Orleans       It almost seems quaint to remember that some decades ago, the rise of “contingent” workers was seen as a big deal and an emerging crisis for US workers.  Countless studies, books, and ad hoc coalitions arrived to look at the problem.  These were workers essentially on-call without full-time schedules or benefits …

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Migrant Workers in Taiwan – Critical, but Oppressed

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            Taipei        The Organizers’ Forum delegation was on a deep dive to understand the situations faced by migrant workers in Taiwan with meetings early and late during one day with Jing Ru Wu and her colleagues at the Taiwan International Workers Association (TIWA) and Lennon Ying-Da Wang of Service the People Association (SPA), its …

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