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  • Sociology
  • Labor Studies

Background:

  • Migrant and immigrant workers globally served as essential labor during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • These workers, including agricultural, meat processing, and aged-care staff, faced high infection rates.
  • The pandemic exposed pre-existing inequities in their working and living conditions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant essential workers.
  • To underscore the inequitable working conditions and lack of benefits experienced by these laborers.
  • To advocate for improved health, safety, and social protections for migrant workers.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of the pandemic's impact on migrant essential workers.
  • Review of working conditions, infection rates, and access to benefits.
  • Case examples illustrating diverse migrant worker roles and locations.

Main Results:

  • Migrant essential workers were highly vulnerable to COVID-19 infection due to their roles.
  • Precarious employment often resulted in ineligibility for sick leave, social security, and pandemic-specific payments.
  • Significant health and safety disparities exist between essential migrant workers and non-essential workers.

Conclusions:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the vulnerability of migrant essential workers.
  • There is a critical need to ensure migrant essential workers receive equitable health and safety benefits.
  • Improving working and living conditions for migrant workers is a necessary outcome of the pandemic response.