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A lack of legal protection for migrant workers who arrive in the UK is giving the green light to unscrupulous employers, the TUC says.
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Helps migrant and seasonal farmworkers in south Florida and the Glades with emergency assistance, immigration, substance abuse and mental health, literacy and employment. Partnerships with UMOS and MAFO, conference dates.
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Based in Oxnard, California. Its main purpose is to help hard working immigrants and their families obtain justice and fair treatment.
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Network for the promotion and protection of the rights of migrant workers. In English, French and Spanish.
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Text of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1990.
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Information on public policy and legal issues regarding migrant and seasonal farm workers, including labor law, immigration, occupational safety and health, women's issues and access to justice.
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Resources from the International Labor Organization including a migrant workers database, standards of work, and goals for improving conditions.
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Archival information on Mexican migrant workers in Oregon in the 1940s.
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Activists based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada promoting the rights of seasonal Caribbean and Mexican migrant farm workers who annually participate in the federal government's Caribbean and Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (known as SAW).
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Articles, fact sheets and other resources from the International Labor Organization.
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Information for migrant workers in Ireland.
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Report in PDF format on the condition of foreign workers in Israel.
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Examination of the impact of migrant farm workers from the 1970s onward.
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Conditions of cleaners 'a step from slavery' lawyer alleges. Published in the Guardian.
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Resources for migrant workers from the Mission for Filipino Migrant Workers Society in Hong Kong.
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Information on migrant workers in Lebanon.
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Countries that consider themselves human rights champions are still reluctant to ratify the convention on protecting migrants' rights. Rosaura Audi argues the need for better communication between states, citizens and migrants.
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Report from the Trades Union Congress in Britain on issues surrounding migrant workers including the impact on labour in Britain. Introduction is free though the full report is accessible only by purchase.
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Background information from the People's Movement for Human Rights Education.
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Examination of the experience of migrant workers in California (Mexicans and "Okies") during the first half of the twentieth century.
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Sacramento Bee special report on the lives of Latino laborers working in American forests, planting trees, thinning forests, fighting fires, and removing underbrush.
