Sowing exploitation reap campaigns, of awareness. The role of diasporas in countering labor exploitation

Journal title WELFARE E ERGONOMIA
Author/s Stefania Peca, Pierluigi Musarò
Publishing Year 2024 Issue 2024/1
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 163-179 File size 226 KB
DOI 10.3280/WE2024-001012
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Labor exploitation affects the weakest social groups more violently. Migrant people are at increased risk of exploitation due to normative, institutional, social and cultural factors that create isolation, power inequalities, and enhanced relational poverty. How has institutional communication approached the issue of labor exploitation with reference to migration? After examining the main information campaigns promoted in Italy over the past 15 years, the paper presents the views of members of different diasporic associa-tions in the territory in relation to their level of awareness of those same cam-paigns. The paper presents also their perceptions about labor exploitation and their availability to collaborate with institutions to oppose the exploitation of labor and to give visibility to “immigrant people/workers, unaware” of their rights.

Keywords: labor exploitation; communication campaigns; diaspora; migration.

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Stefania Peca, Pierluigi Musarò, Chi semina sfruttamento raccoglie campagne, di sensibilizzazione. Il ruolo delle diaspore nel contrasto allo sfruttamento lavorativo in "WELFARE E ERGONOMIA" 1/2024, pp 163-179, DOI: 10.3280/WE2024-001012