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NEWS ABOUT: migrant workers

migrant workers stories: 7 news summaries

Nanny: Diplomat Made Me a Slave

Sexually assaulted and beaten, she reveals horrors facing UK's migrant workers

Aug 9, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A migrant worker in Britain took what looked like a plush job as a diplomat’s nanny—only to be treated as a sex slave with little recourse to the law, the Independent reports, uncovering a predicament faced by other workers. “I was trapped. I was paid nothing, never... More »

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immigration • London • migrant workers • diplomat • immigrant • migrant labor • Britain • nanny • workers' rights

Mexico Kidnappers Snatched 10K US-Bound Migrants

Human rights commission estimates 10K migrants seized over 6 months

Jun 16, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican gangs preying on Central American migrants headed for the US kidnapped almost 10,000 people between September 2008 and February 2009, according to a new report from Mexico's national human rights commission. The average ransom paid was $2,500, according to the report, which said Mexican authorities participated in... More »

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Mexico • migrant workers • kidnapping • Central America • kidnapper • migrants

ANALYSIS

 Recession Cools 
 Worldwide Migration 


Jun 6, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facing a tough job market, immigrants are returning home around the world, reversing historic migration patterns and giving up on income that once fed their families, the Wall Street Journal reports. With construction workers going back to Mexico and domestic servants to the Philippines, wealthy nations are also bound... More »

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immigration • migrant workers • migration • recession • migrant labor • Third World • wealthy • poor countries

 Tomatoes Bring Fair-Trade 
 Movement Stateside 

Meager pay, slavery conditions for pickers prompt boycott threat

Apr 29, 09 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - With tomato pickers earning 45 cents per 32-pound bucket—the same wage as 30 years ago—fair-labor coalitions have long staged protests and boycotts. Now one of the country's biggest food-services companies is taking up the cause, the Washington Post reports. Bon Appetit says that if growers don't agree to... More »

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migrant workers • minimum wage • labor • tomatoes • fair trade • growers • day laborers • Bon Appetit Management

US Downturn Cuts Migrants' Payments Home

Mexican families struggle without funds relatives send home

Apr 18, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The downturn in the US economy is also hitting Mexico hard, the Washington Post reports. Money sent home from the US, known as remittances, dropped nearly 7% in January compared with the year before, the biggest plunge in 13 years, says the Mexican government. Without that money, the country's No.... More »

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Mexico • migrant workers • US economy • immigrant • job market • remittance

54 Burmese Migrant Workers Suffocate in Border Crossing

They screamed an hour before driver halted

Apr 10, 08 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police yesterday discovered the bodies of 54 Burmese migrant workers who suffocated in a truck heading across the border to Thailand. Workers crammed in the 7-by-20-foot space, almost all women, say when they finally managed to alert the driver, he fled. Each worker paid $314 to be smuggled into Thailand,... More »

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immigration • illegal immigrant • Thailand • migrant workers • Myanmar • Burma • migrant labor • human trafficking

Micky D Gives
Migrants a Raise

Penny-a-pound increase for tomato pickers sets industry standard

Apr 10, 07 10:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The cent-a-pound increase McDonald's agreed to grant their tomato-picking field hands yesterday may sound like, well, pennies, but it represents a more than 70% raise, the Chicago Tribune reports. And the deal was hailed as paving the way for negotiations between migrant workers and other corporate Goliaths across the country. More »

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McDonald's • migrant workers • social responsibility • labor movement • Taco Bell • Pizza Hut • Yum Brands • Jimmy Carter • labor

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