Restrictions on foreign labor in Spain: Foreign workforce regulations through the immigration law and the system of recruitment and supply of workers of Unió de Pagesos [Desvagabundizando la mano de obra extranjera en España. Fijación de la fuerza de trabajo extranjera, ley de extranjería y el sistema de reclutamiento y suministro de trabajadores de Unió de Pagesos]

Revista de Estudios Sociales
2014, Pages 69-83

Restrictions on foreign labor in Spain: Foreign workforce regulations through the immigration law and the system of recruitment and supply of workers of Unió de Pagesos [Desvagabundizando la mano de obra extranjera en España. Fijación de la fuerza de trabajo extranjera, ley de extranjería y el sistema de reclutamiento y suministro de trabajadores de Unió de Pagesos] (Article) (Open Access)

Rodríguez O.A.

^a GRECS-Grup de Recerca sobre Exclusió i Control Socials, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

This paper focuses on the problem of the regulation of foreign labor in Spain. We trace different strategies developed for the purpose of regulating labor in different historical periods, basing our methodology on the comparison of legal texts from the past (16th century onwards) to those that fulfill a similar function at present: to implement policies intended to employ workers in agriculture. We also deal with the similarities observed between the Prussian system for establishing a flow of Polish workers in East Prussia (19th century) and the system for the recruitment and supply of foreign workers created by the Unió de Pagesos farmworkers' union in Catalonia, Spain.

Author Keywords

Preußische Feldarbeiter Zentrale Seasonal farmworkers Hiring at point of origin Immigration law Poor laws Unió de Pagesos

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84896887096&doi=10.7440%2fres48.2014.06&partnerID=40&md5=b45269793165d51e605a1ab628863c36

DOI: 10.7440/res48.2014.06

ISSN: 0123885X

Original Language: English; Spanish