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Migrant Workers
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Wage & Hour Law Update
Florida Judge Holds That Oyster Shucking Not Part of “Agriculture” For The Purposes Of Migrant Workers’ Act
The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq. (“AWPA”), provides certain protections to guest workers employed through the federal H-2B program. This week, Judge…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Song: The Migrant Worker
I was inspired by Kit Johnson's post on playing immigration songs before teaching a class. I know a lot of other professors who do this but I myself have never played…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Demonising ‘the other’: British Government complicity in the exploitation, social exclusion and vilification of new migrant workers by Mick Wilkinson
Demonising ‘the other’: British Government complicity in the exploitation, social exclusion and vilification of new migrant workers by Mick Wilkinson,: Citizenship Studies, Volume 18, Number 5, 4 July 2014, pp. 499-515(17)Abstract:…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Migrant Labour in the United States: Working Beneath the Floor for Free Labour? by Maria Linda Ontiveros
Migrant Labour in the United States: Working Beneath the Floor for Free Labour? by Maria Linda Ontiveros, University of San Francisco - School of Law 2014 Chapter from: Migrants at…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Making Claims for Migrant Workers: Human Rights and Citizenship by Judy Fudge
Making Claims for Migrant Workers: Human Rights and Citizenship by Judy Fudge. Kent Law School February 15, 2013 (2014) Making claims for migrant workers: human rights and citizenship, Citizenship Studies,…
International Law Prof Blog
Convention on the Rights of Migrant Workers and their Families
The expert members of the United Nations panel dealing with the rights of migrant workers and their families have renewed their appeal to all countries to sign the international treaty…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration by Martin Ruhs
The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration by Martin RuhsMany low-income countries and development organizations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration policies in high-income countries. At the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Migrant Workers Exploited to Make Sochi Winter Olympics Happen
Photo Courtesy of http://www.sochi2014.com/en/photosThe Winter Olympics in Sochi have attracted interntaional attention. Think Progress reports on something not likely to be covered in the television coverage. As the 2014 Winter Olympics in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Endorse the UN Migrant Workers Convention
From the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights:Organize for Justice and Dignity on International Migrants' DayEndorse the Call for U.S. Ratification of the UN Migrant Workers ConventionFriends,December 18 will…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Truly Comprehensive Immigration Reform Would Span the Migrant Labor Lifecycle by Emma Aguila and John Godges
Truly Comprehensive Immigration Reform Would Span the Migrant Labor Lifecycle By Emma Aguila and John GodgesWhat the United States and Mexico ultimately need goes beyond immigration reform. What they need…