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Migrant Workers
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: “Migrant sexual precarity through the lens of workplace litigation” by Anna K. Boucher
The Immigration Article of the Day is "Migrant sexual precarity through the lens of workplace litigation" by Anna K. Boucher. The article was just published in Gender, Work & Organization…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Day Six in Guadalajara
Friday was the last day of the Rhizome program in Guadalajara. The day's focus was labor.In the morning, we heard from three speakers: Viviana Arce (Xenia), Arturo Uribe (Dulces de…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Decent Work for Displaced People: Lessons from the Experiences of Venezuelan Migrant and Refugee Workers in Colombia and Brazil by Jennifer Gordon
Decent Work for Displaced People: Lessons from the Experiences of Venezuelan Migrant and Refugee Workers in Colombia and Brazil by Jennifer Gordon, International Labour Organization Research BriefAbstractThis paper explores lessons…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Child Labor Laws and Migrant Labor by Sophia Elkihel, Law Student, UC Davis School of Law
Child Labor Laws and Migrant Labor by Sophia Elkihel, Law Student, UC Davis School of Law Cecilia Bisogno, Anika Dandekar, and Grace Adcox with Data for Progress issued a report about…
ImmigrationProf Blog
America’s farms are desperate for labor. Foreign workers bring relief and controversy
NPR reports on a recurring story -- the challenges facing growers seeking to recruit farm labor:"For decades, a predominantly Mexican workforce migrated around the U.S., often starting in Texas and…
Working: Now and Then
Protecting the Workplace Rights of Millennial Migrants
By Jonathan Guadian The Law Students on Workers’ Rights series publishes essays from current and incoming students at some of the top law schools in the country. These essays, submitted…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Patterns of Exploitation: Understanding Migrant Worker Rights in Advanced Democracies by Anna Boucher
A new book by Anna K. Boucher was just published by the Oxford University Press: Patterns of Exploitation: Understanding Migrant Worker Rights in Advanced Democracies.Here is the abstract:Numbering an estimated…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From The Bookshelves: Does Skill Make Us Human?
Natasha N. Iskander, Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service at NYU's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, is the author of Does Skill Make Us Human?: Migrant Workers in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Migrants Hired to Work at the World Cup Opening Match Waited All Day Without Food and Water
Tariq Panja for the New York Times reports on some troubling news from the World Cup, which this year is hosted by Qatar, a nation with a human rights record…
Achkar Law Blog
Canada’s Support Against Human Rights Breaches in Qatar
Qatar’s questionable treatment of migrant workers tasked with building the FIFA World Cup 2022 (“World Cup”) infrastructure has reignited the debate around human rights and migrant workers’ rights. As Canada…