Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Contributors xi
5. Introduction 3
6. 1. Foreign Domestic Worker Policy in Canada and the Social Boundaries of Modern Citizenship 29
7. 2. From ‘Mothers of the Nation’ to Migrant Workers 53
8. 3. An Affair between Nations: International Relations and the Movement of Household Service Workers 81
9. 4. Little Victories and Big Defeats: The Rise and Fall of Collective Bargaining Rights for Domestic Workers in Ontario 119
10. 5. ‘The Work at Home Is Not Recognized’: Organizing Domestic Workers in Montreal 147
11. 6. ‘We Can Still Fight Back’: Organizing Domestic Workers in Toronto 157
12. References 165
13. Index 179