Economic Problems and Social Responsibility: Perspectives from Filipino Migrant Workers in Northern Taiwan

經濟問題與社會責任：北台灣菲律賓移工的觀點

10.29700/FJSS.201101.0003

陳輝立(Felipe Bacalso)

外籍勞工 ； 移民 ； 人口 ； 經濟衰退 ； 社會網路 ； 社會責任 ； migrant workers ； immigration ； population ； recession ； social network ； social responsibility

輔仁社會研究

1期（2011 / 01 / 01）

51 - 72

英文

在台灣北部的菲律賓勞工描繪關於他們如何在社會和經濟生活上的一系列矛盾以及他們如何應對2007年開始的經濟衰退至2010年的穩步回升。根據深入訪談11名菲律賓勞工在2007年或更早來台灣而最近在台北縣工作，本研究探討了這些外籍勞工在經濟不景氣期間的生命故事及他們如何適應在景氣回暖前的生活。根據人口、全球化與移民的論點，本研究顯示出經濟危機的現實與菲律賓移工在景氣蕭條期間的減少。透過他們成功、失敗、挫折與恐懼的故事，本研究亦顯示出他們在工作與社區中同樣艱難的因應模式。這些移工不僅在財務上受益於台灣的經驗，他們也將台灣是他們在未來全球經濟機會的跳板及寄回母國更多匯款的國家。這些移工的看法只是對了解每人希望有貢獻的經濟危機與社會責任的一部分。根據本研究，台灣與菲律賓的政府機構與提供服務的組織可以契合台灣菲律賓移工的需求。

Filipino migrant workers in northern Taiwan portray a series of contradictions in the way they live their socio-economic lives and how they cope with the recession that started in 2007 and steadily recovering in 2010. Based upon in-depth interviews with eleven Filipino migrant workers who came to Taiwan in 2007 or earlier and who recently work in Taipei Country, this study explores the life stories of these migrant workers during the recession and how they fit in into the economic situation prior to the recovery. Drawing on the arguments of population, globalization and immigration, the study shows the reality of economic crisis and the decrease of Filipino migrant workers during the recession. Through their work stories of success, failures, frustrations, and fears, the study also shows their patterns of coping with similar hardships in the working area and community, and their identity as migrant workers who not only benefited financially from the Taiwan experience, but also see Taiwan as a stepping-stone to future global economic opportunities, as well as greater remittances to their homeland. Perspectives from these migrant workers are only a part of the understanding of the economic crisis and the social responsibility that everybody aims to contribute. Based on this study, Taiwanese and Philippine government institutions and service-oriented organizations can fit into the needs of Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan.