The Constrained Times of Migrant Labour in Jordan’s Textile Industry

La exigencia de circulación y sus efectos sobre las temporalidades del trabajo. Tiempos restringidos de la mano de obra migrante en la industria textil de Jordania

Taher Labadi ()
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Taher Labadi: LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IFPO - Institut Français du Proche-Orient - MEAE - Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This paper deals with the coerced relationship to (work) time among migrant labour working in the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZs) in Jordan. Based on a qualitative survey conducted in production, work and workers' living places, I explore the effects of circular migration on the temporalities of migrants' work. In an export-oriented textile industry dominated by foreign firms, I suggest that the adjustment of residence time to work time tends to reduce these migrants to their sole function as a labour force. Their confinement in dormitory buildings located close to the factories further accentuates their captivity. The paper (1) situates the long-time frame of Jordanian migration policies by linking them to the liberalization movement that presided over the creation of the QIZs; (2) compares the working conditions – and their effects on work time – of both Jordanian and foreign workers in the QIZs; and (3) illustrates how migrant workers, because they are subjects to a coerced time, are more vulnerable to productivity and availability injunctions than their Jordanian counterparts.

Keywords: qualified industrial zones; mobility; flexibility; precarious work; circular migration; temporary worker; labour temporalities; Migración circular; trabajador temporero; temporalidades laborales; zonas industriales calificadas; movilidad; flexibilidad; precariedad; migration circulaire; travailleur temporaire; temporalités de travail; zones industrielles qualifiées; mobilité; flexibilité; précarité (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-06-03
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Published in Temporalités : revue de sciences sociales et humaines, 2021, 33, ⟨10.4000/temporalites.8220⟩

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DOI: 10.4000/temporalites.8220

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