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 == Risk ==
-As many as 37,000 Pilipino has been flying abroad to find a better life through global labor market.  Global labor market is growing not merely because of globalization. It has been a market since labor from low-wage nations looked outside their countries as the grass is greener. Even though around 70 per cent of the countries have increased its minimum wage as big as 5.7 per cent per year in real terms, the global labor market is emerging. Although unskilled-workers suffer the most, they keep coming in. From the farming field in America to Bangladesh construction workers in Middle East, their wages and working conditions are scary. It is well said that globalization has brought impact to labor market. Even though more goods are produced and manufactured in developing countries where labor costs are cheap, workers are going outside their country to find the better conditions. It is not surprising fact when we find tag label of any jeans, electronics, jacket, etc which say made in Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, China, Thailand, etc. Services are also delivered and relocated from countries where it is possible for companies to cut cost. India has the largest call center off shoring in Asia. Inhabitants of those countries mentioned are still looking outside and end up in the different side of the pole to try they luck.
+As many as 37,000 Pilipino has been flying abroad to find a better life through global labor market.  Global labor market is growing not merely because of globalization. It has been a market since labor from low-wage nations looked outside their countries as the grass is greener. Even though around 70 per cent of the countries have increased its minimum wage as big as 5.7 per cent per year in real terms, the global labor market is emerging. Although unskilled-workers suffer the most, they keep coming in. From the farming field in America to Bangladesh construction workers in Middle East, their wages and working conditions are scary. It is well said that globalization has brought impact to labor market. Even though more goods are produced and manufactured in developing countries where labor costs are cheap, workers are going outside their country to find the better conditions.
+It is not surprising fact when we find tag label of any jeans, electronics, jacket, etc which say made in Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, China, Thailand, etc. Services are also delivered and relocated from countries where it is possible for companies to cut cost. India has the largest call center off shoring in Asia. Inhabitants of those countries mentioned are still looking outside and end up in the different side of the pole to try they luck.
 Standard of living in the giving countries mostly is low compare to its receiving countries. One of the indicators of living standard is income per capita. Some low-income and middle income countries mostly supply unskilled-workers into global labor market outside their country of origin. Countries with income per capita less than US$ 975 like Bangladesh, Mali, Senegal, Myanmar, etc as low-income countries are “sending” their unskilled-workers without proper education and even travel document. ([http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20420458~menuPK:64133156~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html])
 Looking at it from worker’s point of view, just picture a shoe worker in America that has lost his job because of his company couldn’t compete with the low cost production in Brazil. Some Chinese workers who work for food industries drowned in the sea due to lack of safety facilities and bad working conditions by British gang masters. This chance of death on the job is probably never come across these workers who came all the way from China through illegal channel.
 The international labor standard has come to an ideal condition. Some of the workers are exploited due to their low bargaining position. It is inevitable that working conditions vary all around the globe.
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 The undocumented workers come from illegal entrance or simply overstayed their visa and take up some informal jobs. Based on the data from 1994, the number of the category of labor reached up to 3 million in both USA and Europe. This fact brings the implication in the labor market although only apply in the unskilled market. This number will bring the implementation of tight policies concerning the global labor market in the particular country thus at the end affect both sending and receiving countries.
 Human being travel not only brings his body but also bring his value and culture. This fact could potentially resulted in conflict as interrelated with others. The conflict sometimes could be in direction to violent. Some forms of racism also are faced by workers and their family in the receiving countries. A common reason from the locals is because the global workers are taking away their job opportunities. Even worst is the act of xenophobia by narrow-minded local which resulted in a greater potential cultural conflict.
 The unskilled labor could at least work their way up by working on their next generation even if they have to work long hours under minimum wage in that country.
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 It is obvious that developed countries have a lot to offer when it comes to working condition and better pay. These dreams of a good deal of global labors who try their luck are not merely come true. Some of them could enjoy such luxury after they got the job offering. The rest are going to worst condition just try to survive and hang on to their illegal status. One clear pulling forces of this emerging trend is around the welfare issue.
 Receiving countries as well as giving countries need to work hand in hand to create a sustainable global labor condition. Receiving countries need to protect their country’s economic, social and political interests. They have all the rights to regulate any labor coming in to work in their territory. Such regulations like immigration policy, litigation assistance and workmen’s compensation laws have a potential to open chances to likely labor to get the opportunity abroad in a safer manner. Even bogus job offer for some people who don’t have many options will be a dream come true.
 Giving countries could optimize their local regulation for example such regulation concerning document for global labor. Some of the biggest skilled and unskilled workers suppler such as China, India, Philippine, Indonesia, Thailand, Bangladesh, etc need to look more into tidying up their own regulation. Investing on education is an important aspect in regard to enhancing bargaining position of their inhabitant in the global labor market.
 To take an example from Philippine, their worker has been all over the world. They treat their workers as income hero. They manage them in a sufficient way and even president of the country acknowledge them. They have professional from educational to hospitality industries, from Canada to Abu Dhabi, from cleaning service personnel in Munich airport to Registered Nurse in Mira Loma, California. Canada has released a demand particularly for 30,000 Philippine workers to fill in its job market in 2008 and has been in contact with the embassy of Philippine in Ontario.([http://www.asianpacificpost.com/portal2/c1ee8c44175ab11701176100f2190064_Canada_needs_Filipino_workers.do.html])
 International organizations which concern on the issue have also given their contribution by setting a global awareness campaign. The campaign through mass media and recommendation is needed to put a balance on the issue. All of this concern has to touch into application in the field. The risk of global labor doesn’t stop leading to financial, social and even life consequences with just campaign and press releases.
 ILO is in UN wings has done some research in global labor market and opportunity. The negative side of the global labor has been its concern for instance child labor, forced labor and discrimination and also some legal assistance. Many more international or local organizations which normally NGO have been handling this matter. The opportunities of the mobility of global labor to fulfill global labor market are still high. It needs a global awareness of global standard in keeping it as opportunity before going to be destructive risk and finding a win-win solution to receiving and giving countries. We need them putting the effort more to minimize the risky working conditions, low wage standard and discrimination to workers.