%0 Journal Article
%T From severe to routine labour exploitation: The case of migrant workers in the UK food industry
%A Jon Davies
%J Criminology & Criminal Justice
%@ 1748-8966
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1748895818762264
%X The issue of exploitative labour practices against migrant workers has been well established in previous work. Yet most research and policy focus on severe forms of exploitation, including types of ¡®modern slavery¡¯ such as human trafficking and forced labour. Research has paid less attention to ¡®routine¡¯ labour abuses that are less extreme than severe exploitation, but which are still exploitative or harmful. This article argues that a stronger emphasis is needed on routine labour exploitation, which risks being overlooked when contrasted with severe exploitation. Drawing on a qualitative study of migrant labour in the UK food industry, the article demonstrates that workers experience a range of mistreatment in the workplace, which is unlikely to fall within the scope of severe exploitation and remit of ¡®criminal justice¡¯ interventions. In order to achieve full ¡®labour justice¡¯, more consistent attention is needed on these routine and banal practices, not just the most brutal
%K Food supply chains
%K harm
%K labour exploitation
%K migrant workers
%K modern slavery
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1748895818762264