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There were 1.505 million foreign working in the UK in 2005. It was 5.4 percent of the UK employed population ([http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/labour_market_trends/foreign_labour.pdf]). It was quite significant considering the population in UK at the time. According to the statistic from 2006, out of 1.763.822 employed man In Austria, 234.506 were foreign workers.([http://www.statistik.at/web_en/searchresults/index.html]). The foreign workers in Canada were nearly 2.5 million in 2007. It increased 2.1% from the previous year. ([http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/080513/dq080513a-eng.htm]). The trend continues to increase until the crisis hit. The crisis will decline the labor force especially in Europe. | There were 1.505 million foreign working in the UK in 2005. It was 5.4 percent of the UK employed population ([http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/labour_market_trends/foreign_labour.pdf]). It was quite significant considering the population in UK at the time. According to the statistic from 2006, out of 1.763.822 employed man In Austria, 234.506 were foreign workers.([http://www.statistik.at/web_en/searchresults/index.html]). The foreign workers in Canada were nearly 2.5 million in 2007. It increased 2.1% from the previous year. ([http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/080513/dq080513a-eng.htm]). The trend continues to increase until the crisis hit. The crisis will decline the labor force especially in Europe. | ||
The studies in some | The studies in some literature about the motivation and reason behind the global labor mobilization are most of the time being related with welfare. The certain condition the origin country of labor brings some urges to grasp the opportunities elsewhere. | ||
Welfare is not only limited to wage however this seems to be the motive behind the mobilization. An illustration in the health field, nurse from Philippines earn $189 per month working in Manila. Filipino nurse work in Gulf could earn $570 and some of their fellow Filipino nurse work in US earns $3.000. Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) sent home around 14, 4 billion US dollars in the year of 2007. Standard of living in the developed countries is another driving force of this global labor. | Welfare is not only limited to wage however this seems to be the motive behind the mobilization. An illustration in the health field, nurse from Philippines earn $189 per month working in Manila. Filipino nurse work in Gulf could earn $570 and some of their fellow Filipino nurse work in US earns $3.000. Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) sent home around 14, 4 billion US dollars in the year of 2007. Standard of living in the developed countries is another driving force of this global labor. | ||
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The global labor is expected to increase even though the economic crisis hit the market and inevitably will affect the labor market as such. The category of professional or even the unskilled one could taste the benefit from this global labor scheme. The professional could opened up and broaden up their opportunity to explore new multinational company in the different country. | The global labor is expected to increase even though the economic crisis hit the market and inevitably will affect the labor market as such. The category of professional or even the unskilled one could taste the benefit from this global labor scheme. The professional could opened up and broaden up their opportunity to explore new multinational company in the different country. | ||
There is a sharp growing demand in highly paid professional. Multinational companies with branches all across the globe doesn’t pick workers only from locals. They are developed from personnel in multinational working environment. In the field of education some academics has benefited from this globalization. Some high level professor teaches in different countries and enjoyed many reward through advanced educational institution growth. | There is a sharp growing demand in highly paid professional. Multinational companies with branches all across the globe doesn’t pick workers only from locals. They are developed from personnel in multinational working environment. In the field of education some academics has benefited from this globalization. Some high level professor teaches in different countries and enjoyed many reward through advanced educational institution growth. | ||
== Conclusion == | |||
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. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||