Divide et impera: fragmented employment and racial management in Austrian parcel logistics.
The present paper draws on findings from an empirical study of migrant employment in the Austrian parcel logistics sector. It examines how the fragmentation of employment intersects with racialisation in the labour process, thereby hindering solidarity and resistance among workers and locking migran...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 52; no. 13; pp. 3409 - 3427 |
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Aug(Early)2026
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