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	AllRefer.com - migrant labor (Labor) - Encyclopedia
		migrant labor, term applied in the United States to laborers who travel from place to place harvesting crops that must be picked as soon as they ripen.
		Although migrant labor patterns exist in other parts of the world (e.g., Africa, Australia, Canada, Europe, and South America), none compares with the extent and magnitude of the system in the United States.
		Migrant laborers may travel on their own or they may be transported by a contractor who has agreed to supply the farmer with the needed workers.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/migrantl.html (574 words)

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		Because of increasing UN interest in migrant labor at the beginning of the 1970s, a propitious climate was created for the further regularization of the status, conditions, and treatment of migrant workers.
		A majority of non-Arab migrant laborers are women, a trend that is bound to increase as the Lebanese authorities impose further restrictions on the arrival of non-Arab Afro-Asian males.
		The phenomenon of labor migration is obviously not limited to Lebanon, nor are the problems of migrant laborers exclusively Lebanese concoctions.
	www.lnf.org.lb /migrationnetwork/mig2a.html (4140 words)

	Volume 11 - Opinions of Counsel SBRPS No. 53
		A "migrant farmworker" is defined by the State Sanitary Code as "an individual who is employed in farm activities of a seasonal or temporary nature" (10 NYCRR §15.1(e)).
		A State Department of Health permit for "migrant farmworker housing" does not apply to a "property which is primarily occupied or maintained for persons other than migrant farmworkers" (10 NYCRR §15.2(b)(1)).
		The proof should also indicate the number of migrant farmworkers who reside therein, the seasonal or temporary farm activities for which they are employed, and the amount of their rental payments.
	www.orps.state.ny.us /legal/opinions/v11/53.htm (847 words)

	Hendry County Health Department - Migrant Labor Housing
		The objective of this program is to reduce the risk of communicable disease transmission and injury among migrant farm workers by establishing comprehensive and uniform procedures for permitting and inspecting migrant housing.
		If the department finds after inspection that the proposed migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing operation conforms to the minimum standards required by the rules, and the applicant has paid the fee when required, the department shall issue a permit for operation for the migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing.
		Migrant labor camps and residential migrant housing shall be inspected AT LEAST twice quarterly during periods of occupancy except housing authorities which shall only be inspected twice annually.
	www.doh.state.fl.us /chdhendry/housing.html (870 words)


		"Migrant Labor Camp" means one or more buildings, structures, tents, trailers or vehicles or any combination thereof together with the land appertaining thereto established, operated or maintained as living quarters for ten or more migrant workers or 4 or more families containing migrant workers who are engaged in agricultural activities.
		Plans for the construction of a Migrant Labor Camp or for any major alteration or major expansion in any such camp or the facilities thereof shall be submitted to the Department for approval prior to the construction or the making of such major alteration or major expansion.
		The Department may make and adopt such reasonable rules and regulations relating to Migrant Labor Camps as may be necessary to carry out and administer the provisions of this Act and to assure the safety of the migrant workers and their families.
	ilga.gov /legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1240&ChapAct=210+...+Law. (1774 words)

	NOW with Bill Moyers. Politics & Economy. On the Border. Migrant Labor in United States \| PBS
		Always at the bottom of the economic ladder, the migrant labor population was filled time and again with marginalized groups — the poor, immigrants and racial minorities.
		Labor activist Cesar Chavez next brought the harsh conditions of farm work to the public stage in the 1960s and '70s.
		Many start the migrant life in their early 20s and return to their home countries within a few years to live in the homes that were built with U.S. money.
	www.pbs.org /now/politics/migrants.html (989 words)

	Human Rights in Burma
		Looking at the whole context of women and migration, most women migrant workers are not empowered women: forced to take on dirty, demeaning and dangerous jobs in foreign countries for economic survival, their social mobility and relative afforded to them by migration is such a small victory.
		Migrants advocates in Japan are particularly worried that the country's amendment of its immigration law could spell out punishment for people who give aid to undocumented workers even for humanitarian reasons.
		In Asia, the Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), which is a network of migrant support and advocate groups, is actively lobbying for the ratification of the UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families.
	www.aworc.org /bpfa/pub/sec_f/eco00003.html (3919 words)

	BSR » Business for Social Responsibility - Migrant Labor
		Some are held in virtual forced labor by having to pay large "deposits" to their employers and/or to surrender their passports until they have worked for a stipulated amount of time.
		Migrant women in these countries often do not have adequate access to health education and treatment and are especially vulnerable to sexual abuse and HIV infection.
		Some NGOs and community-based organizations may already provide support to migrant worker populations; these groups may be useful not only as sources of information but potentially as partners in addressing migrant labor concerns, whether educating migrant workers of their rights, providing sensitivity training to supervisors, or monitoring compliance with migrant labor policies.
	www.bsr.org /CSRResources/IssueBriefDetail.cfm?DocumentID=49033 (4560 words)

	Migrant Labor Housing & Construction Grant Programs
		Migrant housing exists throughout the Lower Peninsula of Michigan at approximately 870 licensed housing sites including 4,000 living units with a capacity for 23,000 persons.
		The program provides a means of protecting the health, safety, and welfare of migratory laborers and their families who occupy agricultural labor camps.
		The first program is a matching grant where migrant housing providers are reimbursed for 50% of the cost of new construction or remodeling of migrant housing and related facilities.
	www.michigan.gov /mda/0,1607,7-125-1567_4839-12254--,00.html (572 words)

	Geneseo Migrant Center - Related Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Information Exchange - This forum, developed by the Idaho Department of Labor, offers information for those seeking to improve services to the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker population by providing links to a variety of services, resources and opportunities.
		Migrant Head Start Technical Assistance Support Center - Provides information on training and technical assistance to Migrant Head Start grantees through the Agency for Educational Development located in Washington, D.C. MigrantStudents.com - Their mission is to be the bridge between migrant student generations.
		Project SMART - (Summer Migrant Access Resources through Technology) is a national distance learning program for migrant students representing a collaborative effort between the Division of Migrant Education of the Texas Education Agency and its receiving states to increase educational opportunities for migrant students utilizing interactive distance learning technology.
	www.migrant.net /sites.htm (2222 words)

	Rural & Migrant Ministry
		Six people who run migrant labor camps east of Buffalo were indicted this week on the unusual federal charge of forced labor, accused of virtually enslaving 40 Mexican workers and threatening them with physical harm if they tried to escape.
		Labor and religious leaders attending Friday's news conference said government leaders have an ethical and moral obligation to make sure that some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the state are protected from exploitation and inhumane working and living conditions.
		The operators of two migrant labor camps in the two counties were indicted recently on charges of trafficking in immigrant labor and running forced labor camps.
	www.ruralmigrantministry.org /news/news_6.asp (3805 words)

	The Globalization of Migrant Labor
		Migrant labor systems hinder the social and economic stabilization of post-colonial socieities.
		Inequalities of wealth in a society persist when migrant laborers cannot break out of a cycle of marginalization, a system propagated by wealthy employers to ensure a regenerated pool of cheap labor.
		The international community is responding to the plight of migrant laborers through a number of organizations.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/international_development/7962 (572 words)

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		Helped by a booming economy, recovering agricultural prices and lower agricultural taxes, the supply of migrant labor from rural areas is tighter than it has ever been in the reform era.
		As a result of labor supply and demand as well as government connivance, many workers in the export processing sector, particularly migrant laborers working in coastal provinces, have had to live with very low pay and abysmal working conditions.
		Indeed, labor authorities in Guangdong, which accounted for an estimated 40% of the back pay cases in China in 2003, last year began more vigorous promotion of measures to protect the rights of migrant workers.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /News/2005/FEER-0205-1.htm (2290 words)

	migrant labor on Encyclopedia.com
		Migrant laborers shortage triggers rising labor costs: survey.
		The Kentucky migrant vocational rehabilitation program: a demonstration project for working with Hispanic farm workers.
		HIV infection, syphilis, and tuberculosis screening among migrant farm workers - Florida, 1992.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/m1/migrantl.asp (806 words)

	Migrant labor part 3 - frustrating answers - Michigan Farm News
		Migrant labor is a necessary - and frustrating - part of Michigan's farm economy.
		It appears to be difficult to find accurate labor compliance information from the traditional sources such as accountants, financial planners, and Extension staff.
		Editor's note: Obviously, we've barely scratched the surface of the migrant regulation problem in Michigan, but we hope we've identified some common concerns farmers have when dealing with migrants, migrant law, migrant housing and the federal Department of Labor.
	michiganfarmbureau.com /farmnews/transform.php?xml=20020330/migrant.xml (1493 words)

	Open Directory - Society: Issues: Labor: Migrant Workers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Migrant Workers in Israel: A contemporary form of slavery - Report in PDF format on the condition of foreign workers in Israel.
		Migrant Workers in Washington State: a Boon to the Tree Fruit Industry - Examination of the impact of migrant farm workers from the 1970s onward.
		Migrant workers 'face exploitation' - A lack of legal protection for migrant workers who arrive in the UK is giving the green light to unscrupulous employers, the TUC says.
	dmoz.org /Society/Issues/Labor/Migrant_Workers (536 words)

	Operating an Agricultural Migrant Labor Camp in Ohio, FLR-1-01
		Because these workers are migrants, farm employers have recognized the need to construct, license, and operate a labor camp to ensure an adequate and timely labor supply.
		A migrant agricultural worker means an individual who is employed in agricultural employment of a seasonal or other temporary nature, and who is required to be absent overnight from his/her permanent place of residence.
		State Regulations Agricultural labor camps are regulated by the Ohio Department of Health under the authority of Section 3733 of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC).
	ohioline.osu.edu /flr-fact/0001.html (1205 words)

	Orange County Health Department - EVH - Migrant Labor Camps
		Migrant Labor Camp or Residential Migrant Housing Permit (pdf)
		The objective of the Migrant Program is to protect the health and safety of migrant farm workers both in housing matters and to assure that satisfactory field sanitation facilities are provided.
		Migrant labor camps are inspected monthly during the harvesting season.
	orchd.com /EVH/Migrant/index.asp (268 words)

	TAP: Vol 11, Iss. 3. High-Tech Migrant Labor. Alexander Nguyen. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The labor of guest workers is imported, but their potential citizenship is not acknowledged as part of the deal.
		That guest-worker policy rests on the premise that labor can be separated from the laborer is reflected in the very design of the program.
		The result is a vulnerable caste of workers laboring in the hope of getting green cards and serving as a base of cheaper labor to replace workers who companies don't want to pay to retrain.
	www.prospect.org /print/V11/3/nguyen-a.html (2655 words)

	NOW with Bill Moyers. Politics & Economy. On the Border. Resources \| PBS
		Member agencies receive grants from the United States Department of Labor and other governmental entities to administer programs that upgrade farmworkers’ skills and provide essential education, including English proficiency for those whose native tongue is another language.
		The Migrant Clinicians Network is a national clinical network of health care providers who serve migrant farmworkers and other underserved mobile populations.
		This Department of Labor survey, updated on a regular basis, provides statistics and a snapshot view of the demographics, health and wages of America's agricultural workers.
	www.pbs.org /now/politics/migrantresources.html (662 words)

	Cornell News: Migrant Program changes announced
		Cornell migrant labor program to be changed to meet new needs of New York state's increasingly integrated farm workers
		The migrant program, a university-based initiative founded in the early 1970s to address the needs of migrant farm workers, has undergone an extensive program review by a Cornell task force over the last two years.
		In the past, the CMP had focused on migrant farm workers, an important component of the New York state agricultural workforce, and their interactions with employers, working conditions and cultural diversity issues in their communities.
	www.news.cornell.edu /releases/May04/migrant.program.llm.html (602 words)

	MIGRANT LABOR REPRESENTATIVE - 0460
		An employee in this class is responsible for interpreting and explaining local labor policies to Spanish-speaking migrant workers and for observing their working and living conditions to insure maintenance of minimum standards.
		The employee acts as representative of the Minnesota Department of Economic Security in giving assistance to the employers of Spanish-specking migrant laborers and in interviewing and recruiting these migrant workers for employment in other locations.
		Assists migrant workers in finding other jobs in Minnesota or surrounding states when the Minnesota migrant season is completed so that clients have continuous service in job search.
	www.doer.state.mn.us /stfcs-ac/CSPCS-M/m-0460.htm (338 words)

	WRAL.com - News - Farmers Take Wait-And-See Approach With New Migrant Labor Unions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Labor groups recently announced a migrant farm worker's union.
		Farmers are being cautious after the creation of a new migrant farm workers union.
		Barnes Farming Corp. employs between 200 to 300 migrant workers at one time in Nash County, which is why they are paying close attention to the creation of a new farm workers' labor union.
	www.wral.com /news/3745014/detail.html (489 words)

	Migrant Labour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Whether the wealth of the 'Prince' derives mainly from commissions paid by thousands of Bangladeshis or whether, as many assume, it is from lucrative arms deals, the incongruity of it all remains: the fabulously wealthy are earning from the poorest of the poor.
		Whereas the 'Prince' has emigrated to the city and saves most of his money abroad, the migrant workers save every penny and send it to the local bank in their village.
		Migrant Labour is a photodocumentary project developed by Shahidul Alam / Drik
	www.drik.net /workers (413 words)

	OAC: Drobish (Harry Everett) Papers - Migrant Labor Camp Photographs, 1935-1936
		Negro laborer in the foreground, laborer shanties in the background.
		Arvin Migratory Labor Camp - Laundry trays in use under the shade in the end of the sanitary unit.
		This is a typical camp for families of farm laborers in the Kern Lake District.
	findaid.oac.cdlib.org /images/ark:/13030/tf738nb5fr (790 words)

	Migrant and Immigrant Services - Maine Department of Labor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Certification may only be obtained in cases where it can be demonstrated that there are insufficient qualified U.S. workers available and willing to perform the work at wages that meet or exceed the prevailing wage paid for the occupation in the area of intended employment.
		The Maine Department of Labor determines the prevailing wage rates for H-1B (professional workers) and Permanent Labor Certification.
		Migrant workers can also get assistance with obtaining a variety of services, including health care, shelter, food and clothing or educational opportunities.
	www.state.me.us /labor/bls/mis.htm (361 words)

	migrant labor
		is a dramatic representation of the life of those migrants.
		, organization of migrant workers began in the West, mainly in California.
		The rivalry also significantly reduced UFW's membership (down to 24,000 members in 1996, compared to 100,000 in the late 1970s).
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/bus/A0833129.html (452 words)

	Amazon.com: With These Hands: The Hidden World of Migrant Farmworkers Today: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The sheriff, the farmers, and the crewleader were all in cahoots," recounts one cocaine user), growers, contractors, human smugglers or "coyotes," migrant children, all of them speaking in their own words.
		Many people only hear about migrant workers who get into run-ins with the law, therefore giving these people a stereotypical view of how many of these migrants actually are, and what they go through to make such horrible wages.
		The full range of the complexity of farmworkers' lives is explored, from wages and benefits to the structure of the farm labor market to the international consequences of agricultural labor practices.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0520227344?v=glance (1512 words)

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