...would get in trouble for speaking Spanish, his home language. When he would walk down the hallways he would see posters that said “Whites only” and he wondered why everyone could be equal. The Chavez’s house was taken away because of them losing the farm and grocery store and his father couldn’t pay the interest on the loan, so Caesar's family packed up their belongings and moved to California to become migrant workers. When he was the 7th grade he quit school and never went back because his father was hurt working and he didn't want mother working in the fields. In 1946 Chavez joined the U.S. Navy for two years he said “That was the...
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...South Africa, being both black and female, suffered a triple oppression. As Africans—which for the most part defines their class position—they had to contend with the restrictive and repressive apartheid legislation, which ensures alien control over all facets of their lives. In addition, as women, they had to contend with the fact that they are regarded as dependants and as inferior to men; as such, they are even further discriminated against within the framework of apartheid.(Mathabane 1982) The rapid deterioration of the economic and social role of women since the establishment of apartheid had increased their workload to inhuman proportions as they try to produce enough from the land to feed their families. With the men off working as migrant labourers, the women face an arduous existence, working at their daily chores in...
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...Abstract: Background- Migrant farmworkers in the United States are exposed to various occupational and environmental hazards, placing them at an increased risk of morbidity and mortality compared to the general population. Despite living in the richest country in the world, the health status and health needs of migrant farmworkers have not been fully studied. Objective- Conduct a literature review addressing the occupational health hazards, quality and barriers to healthcare access in migrant farmworkers in the United States. Method- An electronic search of PUBMED and other bibliographic databases and hand search of published literature was conducted. Results- Conclusions Introduction: The production of vegetables and fruits in the U.S. relies on hand labor delivered by migrant and seasonal farmworkers. During the past twenty years the U.S. has experienced one of the largest waves of immigration in history. More than three million migrant and seasonal farmworkers are estimated to be present in the U.S. Agriculture is one of the most hazardous fields as farmworkers are...
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...Name Professor English 1301 2 September 2015 Life in the Eyes of a Migrant Farmer I grew up in a close-knit family in Mission, Texas. As migrant farmworkers, my parents, siblings and I would travel to the San Joaquin Valley in California each spring to pick grapes and to clean cotton, then return back to Texas in the fall. Even though I loved to attend school and was very goal driven in my academics I was not able to truly succeed because of my family’s occupation. Our journey began right after we were let out of school in Mission finishing my 6th grade academic year. The year was 1973, and that summer we arrived in Wasco, California; a small town with a population of 8,475. (84 E-4 Estimates for Counties and Cities) During our first few weeks in Wasco, we lived with some acquaintances and shared a bedroom until we were able to get a three-bedroom apartment in the camp. These apartments were for low-income families and occupied farm workers. They had beautiful scenery of almond and fruit trees, also they were surrounded by roses. As time passed, a few weeks later we finally received our first job to pick tomatoes. My parents, brother and I were the only ones at the time who could work. My two younger sisters were not of age yet. My parents made sure to buy my brother and I hats, shirts, and gloves so that we can be prepared for our first day of work. Our day started at 5:30 in the morning, my dad had a Chevy pickup with a camper in the back where they would put...
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...to exploitation of migrant workers. 3. Analyse the factors which have led to increased immigration to the UK in recent years. 4. Evaluate the extent to which the UK economy benefits from migrant labour. Answers: Q1. Purpose of PEST: PEST analysis is the method is which organizations use to analyse the increase and decrease of market growth in an industry. The purpose of PEST analysis is to help a business know what changes to make when there is a change in the macro environment, help a business to plan its corporate strategies and helps to stop guesses and helps to produce facts on changes in the environment. Benefits of PEST: * It is easy and cheap to implement * It helps a firm to identify threats * It helps a firm to identify opportunities * It supports strategic thinking * It serves as a means to understand the external environment more Q2. Factors that could lead to exploitation of migrant workers: Political * Allegations: due to the low level of wages paid to migrants, their labour is demanded more and the british are not happy with this. * Short life jobs: the population of migrants is not evenly spread across the UK, so it makes it more difficult for the UK government to provide health assistance and other provisions. * Employment legislation: the migrants are forced to work longer than stated in the government policy and paid less than minimum wage. Economic * Increase in labour market: the migrants are usually not specialized...
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...Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on China’s Migrant Workers: A Survey of 2,700 in 2009 Mark Wang1 Abstract: An Australian geographer examines the effects of the global financial crisis on China’s migrant workers, based on a recent survey of over 2,700 such workers conducted during January–February 2009. The author focuses on the number of migrant workers returning to their home villages for the annual New Year holiday period, the types of workers that were laid off, options available to such workers upon losing employment, and the reasons underlying their subsequent moves. Implications of the findings for labor policy in China are briefly outlined and several directions for future research identified. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: E240, G010, J610, J690. 7 tables, 68 references. Key words: China, global financial crisis, migrant workers, unemployment, globalization, rural development, push factors, manufacturing exports, hukou, migration networks, remittances, Chinese New Year, return migration. INTRODUCTION M igration is closely tied with processes of globalization and the global economy, and China’s rural-to-urban migrant workers have contributed substantially to the country’s economic growth and success. This group of hard-working laborers has made inexpensive “made-in-China” products available in almost every corner of the world. Varying sources estimate that migrant workers2 have contributed 16–24 percent of China’s GDP growth and...
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...drawing attention to the working conditions of migrant workers. He also helped in Arizona, Texas, Florida, and California by fasting and helping migrant workers in poor and harsh conditions. Cesar Chavez’s life was very difficult since he started working at such a young age. He moved around with his family several times, which made is challeging for him to go to school. During the Great Depression, the family lost everything and went looking for any job they could find. When his father died, Chavez took his responsibilities as the head of the household so his mother wouldn’t have to work. Chavez went to the U.S. Navy...
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...you ever wondered how weak and poor people can change their whole life? Migrant worker come here in the United State to get a better life than before in Mexico. Migrant workers work so hard that they got paid unfair wages and lived in poverty. They also get treated really awful. Migrant children that goes to school was very tough for them. They couldn’t speak Spanish when they were in class or they would get hit and it was hard for them to understand English. The life of migrant children is tough and they are experiencing it when they are so little and they are also experiencing a horrible childhood as a kid. People who seem powerless can change their fate. In Viva La Causa, powerless people took a stand to fight for their rights and freedom. Migrant workers went on strike to have a better working conditions, medical care, rest periods and better wages. They sacrificed their homes and their jobs and were not paid because of the strike. They got many people boycott the grapes that the farms produced so the farm owner are not making money and that help change the law. Some may say that they went on strike and lost their car, house, and also they went to jail. However, eventually the grower gave in and they give the worker what they needed....
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...workforce for industrial tomato production have been subjected to, what is often considered, modern day slave labor. Florida is the largest producer of tomatoes to the rest of the United States. “Commercial seed companies have bred traits into domestic varieties to combat about have of the pest and diseases” (Estabrook, 15). Ironic that these companies would invest so much money in the fertilization and production of tomatoes despite geographic uselessness of Florida’s soil. Florida is not environmentally suited in the growth of tomato when compared their agricultural counterparts in Mexico. To supliment Florida’s demographic uselessness, land farm workers take artificial measures, injecting chemical fertilizer into the soil. Once grown, these plants are subjected to blasting with a plethora pesticides. As a result, migrant workers who labor in fields risk constant exposure to deadly...
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...how Canada, along with the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAW), allows guest-workers from Mexico to work and receive the benefits Canadian citizens appreciate until health issues arise. Ms. Amuchastegui reviews the pros and cons for the migrant workers in Canada. Through the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAW), they are offered job opportunities and some medical benefits that Canadian citizens enjoy; however, they are not treated equally as promised. As Amuchastegui states, “They’re not wanted as citizens by Canada, they’re wanted as labourers”. By alternating between the narrative incident and general information, Maria Amuchastegui acknowledges the difficulties that can arise with migrant workers who come to Canada through the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAW). For example, Hermelindo Gutiérrez, a guest-worker from Mexico, is revealed to have kidney failure. Gutiérrez has been working for Pioneer Flower Farms for 7 years and is Henk Sikking Jr.’s right-hand guy. Gutiérrez advises the Mexican consulate of his condition; however, the consulate demands he returns to Mexico. Usually, when a migrant worker becomes ill in Canada, they can legally remain in the country for the duration of their permit. Unfortunately, for Gutiérrez he suffers from a long term illness which would normally send a worker home. Sikking Jr., fights for Gutiérrez to stay and be treated in Canada as he is one of the best workers. “We depend on these guys for our livelihood” he...
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...order to get the economy going and to provide enough labor for the demand. Mexico was a neighbor country with lower wages, therefore an easier task for the government to deal with. The solution was to make a series of laws and political bilateral agreements with Mexico to import workers. But the Mexican Government was expected to lay down certain conditions for its approval of the American plan. Unregulated hiring of its citizens for employment abroad had been prohibited by Article 123 of the Constitution of 1917, which provided that such employment must be validated by local municipal authorities and by the employer’s consular representative, and on the basis of a formal contract, since American government had kicked out over 50,000 immigrants to Mexico due to the great depression. The demands for Mexican farm workers that were rejected by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Department of Justice in 1941 were happily established in the spring of the subsequent year. This program was called Emergency Farm Labor Program, popularly known as the Braceros Program; a name derived from the words “strong arms” in Spanish. Starting during World War II, it was one of the first legal guest workers program as a response to the labor shortages caused by the war and it encouraged many Mexican men to work in thousands of temporary jobs in the United States....
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...Objective Introduction: ..................................... Part I Internal and International Migration 1. Linkages between Internal and international Migration 2. Characteristics of Migrants 3. Causes of Migration 4. Phases of migration Part II Temporary and Permanent Migration 1. Distribution of Egyptian migrants according to skill level 2. Distribution of Egyptian migrants according to Destination 3. Economic Effect of Migration 4. Impact of Migration 4.a. on the Labor Supply of Adults Left Behind 4.b. and remittances on household poverty 5. Remittances at micro-level 6. Remittances at macro-level 7. Remittances and Development 8. Volume of Remittances 9. Impact of remittances on poverty alleviation 10. Brain Drain/Gain (causes, effects and solutions) 11. Egyptian Migration To Arab Countries Part III Legal and Illegal Migration 1. Definition 2. Dimensions 3. Causes 4. Dangers 5. Methods 6. Legal and political status 7. Migration Stages 8. The gangs of illegal migration contrive new behaviors….. 9. Egypt youth migration ……….. Ideal cases Objective The whole theme of this paper is to vivid the magnitude of migration, to profile the workers who migrate, to identify the types of migration and to determine the extent to which migration affects the rate of poverty and unemployment in Egypt. Not only that but also exploring the...
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...Latino, Chicano, and Hispanic people. Chavez desired to change the rights of laborers and Chicanos and opposed the agricultural industry's use of both legal and illegal labor from Mexico. Chavez spoke out against illegal immigration and its effect on wages and sought for higher wages He pushed for safer working conditions for agricultural laborers such as protesting against grape growers who used pesticides on their crops, which were harmful to the workers who harvested the grapes. When he was younger he instructed others on becoming U.S. citizens and encouraged all to register to vote, believing that together they could influence the vote....
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...Cesar Estrada Chavez was a first generation American who was born on March 31, 1927 (CESAR CHAVEZ). Chavez grew up in a small home in Arizona. At an early age, the Chavez family lost their farm during the Great Depression due to a broken deal that was made with Chavez’s father. They were unable to pay for the land and the Chavez family, along with about 300,000 families traveled to California. Chavez experienced harsh conditions and the injustice that many migrant workers face(“Life Behind”). Although Chavez never finished school after eighth he felt that education was important and he even stated, “The end of all education should surely be service to others”(UFW). After his father was involved in an accident, Chavez worked as a migrant to...
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...A Suicide Survivor: The Life of a Chinese Migrant Worker at Foxconn Sunday, 25 August 2013 12:50By Jenny Chan, The Asia-Pacific Journal | In 2010, 18 employees working for Foxconn in China attempted suicide. These shocking events focused world attention on the manufacturing supply chains of China's export industry and the experience of working within them. What had driven these young migrant assembly line workers to commit such a desperate act? This article provides a first-hand account of the experiences of one of those who survived a suicide attempt, 17-year-old Tian Yu. Her personal narrative is embedded within the broader context of labour process, work organisation and managerial practice at Foxconn, the Taiwaneseowned multinational whose 1.4 million Chinese workers provide products and components for Apple and others. Factory conditions are further shaped by the company trade union and Chinese government policies. The paper concludes with additional contextualisation indicating the emergence of an alliance of workers, students, scholars and transnational labour movement activists who are campaigning for Chinese workers' rights. Among the most prominent firms in the global supply chain that operates in China is Foxconn, the Taiwanese-owned multinational electronics contract supplier. Foxconn is the trading name for Hon Hai Precision Industry Company and, with a workforce of 1.4 million, it is the largest private sector company in China and one of the world's largest employers...
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