Archive for 'migrant workers'
Woodburn residents’ son-in-law among seven migrant Oaxacans missing for over a year
An email from one of the ESL teachers with whom I work alerted me to the fact that, for one family I know, the dangers of border crossings have struck really close to home. A family member is among the border crossing casualties of the past year. Estimates of how many Mexicans die every year [...]
Posted: March 5th, 2008 under farm workers, immigration, indigenous peoples, migrant workers, Oaxaca, undocumented.
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Penny Foolish: Schlosser NY Times op-ed discusses migrant worker pay
In an op-ed for today’s New York Times, Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser looks at Burger King’s refusal to support a penny-a-pound increase in the price they pay for Florida-grown tomatoes and how this affects the migrant workers who pick the tomatoes. His description of abuses of undocumented migrant workers sounds familiar and provides [...]
Posted: November 29th, 2007 under agriculture, farm workers, labor, migrant workers.
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