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Last updated: 19/04/10

Reports

 Papers from the research so far

• Holgate, J. Pollert, A and Keles, J (2009) Union decline, minority ethnic workers and employment advice in local communities. Industrial Law Journal 38:3. 412-416.

• Holgate, J. Pollert, A and Keles, J. (2010) Geographies of isolation: how workers (don’t) access support for problems at work, Antipode (forthcoming).




• J. Holgate, Keles, Y. J. and Pollert, A. (2010)  Kurdish migrant workers in London: experiences from an ‘invisible’ community, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (forthcoming).



• Holgate, J. Pollert, A. Keles, J. (2009) To whom do I turn when I am invisible?: The experience of Kurdish workers who have problems at work?
  
  
• Holgate, J. Pollert, A. Keles, J. and Jha, M. (2009) Ethnic minority representation at work: An initial review of literature and concepts
  
  
• Holgate, J.  Pollert, A and Keles, J. (2009) The influence of identity, 'community' and social networks on how workers access support for work-based problems
  
  
• Holgate, J. Pollert, A and Keles, J. (2009) Union decline and the lack of employment advice for minority ethnic workers in the UK: can community support organisations help to fill the gap?
  
  
• Holgate, J. (2010) ‘Faith in unions, from safe spaces to organised labour?’
  
  
• Pollert, A. Holgate, J. Keles, J. and Kumarappan, L. (2010) ‘Citizens Advice and minority ethnic workers’ support in three London boroughs’.
  
  
• Holgate, J. Pollert, A and Keles, J. Kumarappan, L. (2009) Union decline and voice among minority ethnic workers; do community support networks help fill the gap?
  
  
• Holgate, J. Pollert, A and Keles, J. Kumarappan, L. (2009) Geographies of isolation: how workers (don’t) access support for problems at work.

Project final report

• This is the final report of an ESRC funded research project  entitled “The influence of identity, ‘community’ and social networks on ethnic minority representation at work”.
  
  The report titled 'Help and representation for problems at work. What has happened to support networks and advice entres?' focuses on  three different minority ethnic workers in London ; Kurds in Hackney, South Asian in Ealing and Black Caribbeans in Lambeth and it looks at where workers turned for help, support and representation when they had problems at work. It explores the linkages between minority ethnic workers and  workplace community (managers, colleagues, trade unions), local community (e.g. CABx, law centres),  ethnic communities (family, friends) and  community organisations (e.g. faith, cultural, political, social). We interviewed a total of 185 workers – 100 individually and 88 in 16 focus groups and 64 interviews with ‘key respondents’ who were officials from trade unions, advice agencies and community groups.
  
  This report offers high-quality and rich empirical data and provides detailed  insight into the relationship between  ethnic minority workers  and different advice agencies.

• Holgate, J. Keles, J.  Kumarappan, and Pollert, A. (2010) Help and representation for problems at work. What has happened to support networks and advice centres? is available for download: Project final report.pdf

Report on Kurdish workers in London

• This report presents key findings of our research on the social and economic lives of Kurdish migrants in London

• Holgate, J. Keles, J.  Kumarappan, and Pollert, A. (2010) Diaspora, work, employment and community. A report on Kurdish workers in London, Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan Univeristy.  Available for download: Kurdish Diaspora__work__employment_and_community.pdf
  

 

 

 

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