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Migrant farmworkers in US deemed essential — but lack basic protections

May 9, 2020Justice

Migrant farmworkers tend to work low-paying jobs. Few, if any, have benefits, and many are undocumented. These factors make them “uniquely vulnerable to the pandemic,” says Marc Grossman of United Farm Workers of America.

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‘A classic tale of human greed’: California caregivers earn as little as $2 an hour

May 22, 2019Business, Economics and Jobs

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These caregivers work in conditions ‘akin to modern-day slavery.’ In California, wage theft is ‘rampant.’

May 21, 2019Business, Economics and Jobs

Want to see where immigration policy changes put workers at risk? Go to Harvard.

May 8, 2018Business, Economics and Jobs

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