School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario London, ON, N6A 5B9, Canada.
Anthropology, Okanagan College, Vernon, BC, V1B 2N5, Canada.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Jul 24;16(15):2643. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16152643.
Every year more temporary migrant workers come to Canada to fill labour shortages in the agricultural sector. While research has examined the ways that these workers are made vulnerable and exploitable due to their temporary statuses, less has focused on the subjective experiences of migrant agricultural workers in regards their workplace health and safety. We conducted interviews and focus groups with migrant workers in the interior of British Columbia, Canada and used a narrative line of inquiry to highlight two main themes that illustrate the implicit and complex mechanisms that can structure migrant agricultural workers' workplace climate, and ultimately, endanger their health and safety. The two themes we elaborate are (1) authorities that silence; and (2) "I will not leave my body here." We discuss the implications of each theme, ultimately arguing that a number of complex political and economic forces create a climate of coercion in which workers feel compelled to choose between their health and safety and tenuous economic security.
每年都有更多的临时移民工人来到加拿大，填补农业部门的劳动力短缺。虽然研究已经考察了这些工人因临时身份而变得脆弱和易受剥削的方式，但对于移民农业工人在工作场所的健康和安全方面的主观体验关注较少。我们在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省内陆地区采访并组织了移民工人的焦点小组，采用叙事探究的方式突出了两个主要主题，这些主题说明了可能构成移民农业工人工作场所氛围的隐含和复杂机制，最终危及他们的健康和安全。我们详细阐述的两个主题是（1）沉默的权威；以及（2）“我不会把我的身体留在这里。”我们讨论了每个主题的含义，最终认为，许多复杂的政治和经济力量造成了一种胁迫氛围，工人们感到不得不在健康和安全与脆弱的经济安全之间做出选择。
