{"product_id":"precarious-the-lives-of-migrant-workers-9781771966597","title":"Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eGlobe\u003c\/em\u003e 100 Best Book of 2025 - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eThe Hill Times\u003c\/em\u003e' Top 100 Best Books in 2025 - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2024 Dave Greber Freelance Writers Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA series of profiles of foreign workers illuminates the precarity of global systems of migrant labor and the vulnerability of their most disenfranchised agents.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2023, after weeks of investigation, United Nations Special Rapporteur Tomoyo Obokata came to a scathing conclusion: Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker program is \"a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.\" Workers complained of excessive hours and unpaid overtime; of being forced to perform dangerous tasks or ones not specified in their contracts; of being physically abused, intimidated, and sexually harassed; and of overcrowded, unsanitary living conditions that deprived them of their privacy and dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers\u003c\/em\u003e, Marcello Di Cintio ranges across the country speaking to those who have come from elsewhere to till our fields, bathe our elderly, and serve us our Double Doubles, uncovering stories of tremendous perseverance, resilience, and humanity, but also of precarity and vulnerability. He shows that vast swathes of our economy depend on the work of people we don't see, while expanding our awareness of what migrant work now entails, and revealing that our mistreatment of the most vulnerable among us diminishes our own dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcello Di Cintio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771966597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarcello Di Cintio\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of six books, including \u003cem\u003eWalls: Travels Along the Barricades\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePay No Heed to the Rockets: Palestine in the Present Tense\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDriven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers\u003c\/em\u003e. He has also written for the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe International New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCanadian Geographic\u003c\/em\u003e, among others. He lives in Calgary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Marcello Di Cintio \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47674858045597,"sku":"9781771966597","price":37.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e7394fbb-eb0a-4164-9558-6f870aa1074c.jpg?v=1771914664","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/precarious-the-lives-of-migrant-workers-9781771966597","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}