Silence in the Fields. / Barry Yeoman.
by Yeoman, Barry; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 41Business. Publisher: Mother Jones, 2001ISSN: 1522-3191;.Subject(s): Agricultural industries | Agricultural laborers | Alien labor | Employee rights | Exploitation | Labor contractors | Labor laws and legislation | Labor supplyDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The U.S. government is allowing farmers to fill thousands of jobs with foreign 'guestworkers.' The conditions are hardly hospitable--but those who speak out can be sent straight back home." (MOTHER JONES) The author discusses the importation of migrant workers under the federal H-2A program, noting that the program offers low wages and effectively turns away domestic workers while foreign workers are seemingly subjected to substandard conditions.
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Originally Published: Silence in the Fields, Jan./Feb. 2001; pp. 40+.
"The U.S. government is allowing farmers to fill thousands of jobs with foreign 'guestworkers.' The conditions are hardly hospitable--but those who speak out can be sent straight back home." (MOTHER JONES) The author discusses the importation of migrant workers under the federal H-2A program, noting that the program offers low wages and effectively turns away domestic workers while foreign workers are seemingly subjected to substandard conditions.
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