“Employers could use us, but they don’t”. Voices from blue-collar workplaces in a northern periphery
This article analyses labour market experiences of migrants of non-Nordic origin who have settled in the Faroe Islands, a small North Atlantic archipelago with a population of about 51,000 people. By examining the experiences of educated migrant workers who are employed in three different blue-colla...
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ftuglasgow:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:185886 2023-05-15T16:10:39+02:00 “Employers could use us, but they don’t”. Voices from blue-collar workplaces in a northern periphery Holm, Elisabeth O'Rourke, Bernadette Danson, Michael 2020-09 text http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/185886/ http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/185886/1/185886.pdf en eng Springer http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/185886/1/185886.pdf Holm, E., O'Rourke, B. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/50611.html> and Danson, M. (2020) “Employers could use us, but they don’t”. Voices from blue-collar workplaces in a northern periphery. Language Policy <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Language_Policy.html>, 19(3), pp. 389-416. (doi:10.1007/s10993-019-09513-4 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10993-019-09513-4>) cc_by_4 CC-BY Articles PeerReviewed 2020 ftuglasgow https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-019-09513-4 2020-09-10T22:10:16Z This article analyses labour market experiences of migrants of non-Nordic origin who have settled in the Faroe Islands, a small North Atlantic archipelago with a population of about 51,000 people. By examining the experiences of educated migrant workers who are employed in three different blue-collar workplaces: a cleaning company and two fish-processing plants, evidence is drawn from a cross-disciplinary study on language and migration in the Faroe Islands. This study explores the experiences of migrants in acquiring, using and becoming “new speakers” of Faroese and the challenges they face regarding labour market access and participation. In this article, framed within an ethnography of language policy, we highlight the institutional language policies which may be shaping migrants’ experiences, and how migrants enact their own language policy decisions and practices on the ground. We focus in particular on internal communication and language management in the three blue-collar worksites, comprising views and voices of both employers and employees, on the language policies and practices observed in these workplaces, and on workers’ views on language learning opportunities in blue-collar workplaces. Added to this, attention is drawn to implications of limited language learning opportunities in blue-collar jobs (which become the main barrier to accessing skilled jobs), to underutilisation of professional skills, and to long term implications of present macro- and micro-level language policies and practices affecting lived realities of workers of migrant origin. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands North Atlantic University of Glasgow: Enlighten - Publications Faroe Islands Language Policy 19 3 389 416 |
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This article analyses labour market experiences of migrants of non-Nordic origin who have settled in the Faroe Islands, a small North Atlantic archipelago with a population of about 51,000 people. By examining the experiences of educated migrant workers who are employed in three different blue-collar workplaces: a cleaning company and two fish-processing plants, evidence is drawn from a cross-disciplinary study on language and migration in the Faroe Islands. This study explores the experiences of migrants in acquiring, using and becoming “new speakers” of Faroese and the challenges they face regarding labour market access and participation. In this article, framed within an ethnography of language policy, we highlight the institutional language policies which may be shaping migrants’ experiences, and how migrants enact their own language policy decisions and practices on the ground. We focus in particular on internal communication and language management in the three blue-collar worksites, comprising views and voices of both employers and employees, on the language policies and practices observed in these workplaces, and on workers’ views on language learning opportunities in blue-collar workplaces. Added to this, attention is drawn to implications of limited language learning opportunities in blue-collar jobs (which become the main barrier to accessing skilled jobs), to underutilisation of professional skills, and to long term implications of present macro- and micro-level language policies and practices affecting lived realities of workers of migrant origin. |
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“Employers could use us, but they don’t”. Voices from blue-collar workplaces in a northern periphery |
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