Reworking labour practices: on the agency of unorganized mobile migrant construction workers
本文基于访谈数据，分析流动建筑工人如何在灵活且泛欧洲化的劳动力市场中运用策略应对不稳定就业，而非通过工会化集体行动，从而揭示了当前雇佣关系的韧性。
In an attempt to probe the nuanced processes of non-unionization, this article analyses the agency of migrant construction workers and the ways they negotiate and navigate an increasingly flexible and pan-European labour market. Drawing upon qualitative interview data, the article argues that the precarious employment context limits opportunities for effective collective action (and unionization), and that workers employ a wide range of strategies to ‘get by’ and ‘get ahead’ instead. This analysis contributes to an understanding of the resilience of current employment relations by extending the discussion of agency with the category of reworking. Instead of challenging the way cross-border employment relations are organized, migrant construction workers employ various strategies that rework existing conditions to their advantage. On a broader scale, however, these practices contribute to the continuation of current employment relations.