Transnational Employment Strain in a Global Health Pandemic

The 2020-22 COVID-19 pandemic reinforced inequalities between the global North and South, amplifying pre-existing disparities between national workers and migrants, many of whom sustain food supplies far from home through their work in agriculture.

Leah F. Vosko, FRSC, is Professor of Political Science and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair at York University, Canada.

Tanya Basok is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Windsor, Canada.

Cynthia Spring is a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics at York University, Canada.