AFL-CIO Executive Council Statement: Responsible Reform of Immigration Laws Must Protect Working Conditions for all Workers in the U.S. [PDF]
[Excerpt] Overhaul of our nation’s immigration laws is long overdue. The current system is a blueprint for exploitation of workers, both foreign-born and native, and is feeding a multimillion dollar criminal enterprise at the U.S.-Mexico border.
AFL-CIO
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Current social structure of agricultural workersin the Czech Republic
Although the character of countryside is still changing as a consequence of the historical development, agriculture (farming of the land) always represents one of its essential attributes.
Věra MAJEROVÁ +2 more
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Background. The key process of agrarian reform in the 1990s was the reorganization of collective and state farms, which led to the granting of agricultural workers the rights of owners of land shares.
I.V. Logunova
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THE HOURLY LABOR SUPPLY RESPONSE OF AGRICULTURAL WORKERS [PDF]
Labor and Human Capital,
Emerson, Robert D.
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Concurrent Particulate Matter and Heat Exposure in Working and Non-Working Women in Rural Guatemala
High temperatures and air pollution exposure are individually known risks to human health, with amplifying adverse health effects during periods of co-exposure.
Jaime Butler-Dawson +15 more
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How pro-poor is the selection of seasonal migrant workers from Tonga under New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Program? [PDF]
Temporary migration programs for unskilled workers are increasingly being proposed as a way to both relieve labour shortages in developed countries and aid development in sending countries without entailing many of the costs associated with permanent ...
Gibson, John +2 more
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PON1 status does not influence cholinesterase activity in Egyptian agricultural workers exposed to chlorpyrifos. [PDF]
Animal studies have shown that paraoxonase 1 (PON1) genotype can influence susceptibility to the organophosphorus pesticide chlorpyrifos (CPF). However, Monte Carlo analysis suggests that PON1 genotype may not affect CPF-related toxicity at low exposure ...
Bonner, Matthew R +6 more
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Agricultural workers career : factors and possibilities
In the changing world of technologies development, in the growth of demographical, economical upturns and downturns, competition in labour market new and new requirements are raised for individual in the way of his career. He needs competence, which is ensured by the skills of self-knowledge, sign-on, communication and action in social environment ...
Adamonienė, Rūta, Čiutienė, Rūta
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Conservation Policies and Labor Markets: Unraveling the Effects of National Parks on Local Wages in Costa Rica [PDF]
Despite the global environmental benefits of increasing the amount of protected areas, how these conservation policies affect the well-being of nearby individuals is still under debate.
Robalino, Juan, Villalobos-Fiatt, Laura
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The displaced plantation workers: A case study of rubber estates in Kedah [PDF]
Eviction of plantation workers, due to the development of estate lands and changing land ownerships, has been a big and unresolved issue. Many plantation areas have been sold to make way either for housing projects or industrial sites.
Golam Hassan, Asan Ali +2 more
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