Mostafa Henaway on Essential Work, Disposable Workers [video]

Migrant justice scholar and activist Mostafa Henaway delivered the NB Media Co-op’s 14th annual keynote address on September 20. Henaway talked about his new book, Essential Work, Disposable Workers (Fernwood). The Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Centre and Fernwood Publishing co-hosted the event. The talk is now available for viewing here –

“A book about the massive expansion of precarious work under neoliberalism and how migrant workers are challenging the conditions of their hyper-exploitation through struggles for worker rights and justice.” – Fernwood

Henaway, a Canadian-born Egyptian, is a long-time community organizer at the Immigrant Workers Centre in Montreal, where he has been organizing for justice for immigrant/migrant workers for over two decades. He is also a researcher and PhD candidate at Concordia University.