Apologies to those too far away for this to be relevant but please
forward to anyone who is interested and able to come.
Hope to see you there.
best wishes Jane
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You are warmly invited to discuss and celebrate the publication of
Global Cities at Work: New migrant divisions of labour(Pluto Press, 2010)
on Monday 22 March 2010, 7–9pm including a reception
at The Octagon, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London,
UK, E1 4NS
Kavita Datta, Jon May and Cathy McIlwaine will introduce the book
followed by responses from:
Marzena Chichon, London Citizens’ living wage campaign
Mark Abani, The Central Association of Nigerians in the UK (CANUK)
Don Flynn, Migrants’ Rights Network
Global Cities at Work is about the people who always get taken for
granted. The people who clean our offices, care for our elders and
change the sheets on the bed. The book draws on testimony from more than
800 foreign-born workers employed in low-paid jobs in London during the
first decade of the 21st century. The book links London's new migrant
division of labour to the twin processes of subcontracting and increased
international migration. It calls attention to the issue of working
poverty and its impact on unemployment and community cohesion in London.
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Prof. Jane Wills
Department of Geography and The City Centre: researching city lives and
connections
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London
E1 4NS
UK
0207 882 2752
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http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/staff/wills.html
For research on global cities and the role of migrants in low paid work
see http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/globalcities/
For the project book, Global Cities at Work (for a discount!) see
http://www.plutobooks.com/display.asp?K=9780745327983&
For research on the London living wage campaign see
http://www.geog.qmul.ac.uk/livingwage/
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