Immigration/Labor Rights
Sacramento Bee Article Reveals H-2A Guestworker Abuses
Written by Bruce Goldstein Saturday, 04 October 2008 17:57
Saturday's Sacramento Bee newspaper contains a lengthy article on a company's mistreatment of H-2A agricultural guestworkers in California and the failure of the state and federal governments to either prevent or remedy the harms. Workers were subjected to illegal wages and housing conditions and were lied to about the opportunities they would have if they paid their way to come from Mexico to the U.S. This serious incident is yet another reason why the Bush Administration should not go forward with its plans for changing the H-2A program's regulations and why Congress needs to address these issues in a bipartisan way based on the labor-management compromise in the AgJOBS legislation. There article, which quotes FJ's Bruce Goldstein, is here: http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1288107.html .
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