Migrant Labor in NYC

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Sep 21 14:10:44 PDT 1999


Sam Pawlett wrote:


>I'm looking for information on the use of Chinese migrant labor(legal
>and illegal but especially from Fu Chien province [sp?]) in New York
>City (sweatshops). Any help appreciated.

There's Peter Kwong's work, like his book Forbidden Workers: Illegal Chinese Immigrants and American Labor (New Press). Fujian province, I think it is. Peter is adamant that we code them as "workers" and not "immigrants."

Doug



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