Global Cities at Work: New Migrant Divisions of Labour

This book is about the people who always get taken for granted. The people who clean our offices and trains, care for our elders and change the sheets on the bed. Global Cities at Work draws on testimony collected from more than 800 foreign-born workers employed in low-paid jobs in London during the first decade of the 21st century.

The authors break new ground in London's new migrant division of labour to the twin processes of subcontracting and increased international migration. The book calls us to prioritise the issue of working poverty and examines its implications for both unemployment and community cohesion.