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US Downturn Cuts Migrants' Payments Home

Mexican families struggle without funds relatives send home

Washington Post Washington Post Apr 18, 08 10:30 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. 2 source of foreign currency, many Mexicans can’t pay for basic needs. More »

More about:  US economy • Mexico • immigrant • job market • migrant workers

54 Burmese Migrant Workers Suffocate in Border Crossing

They screamed an hour before driver halted

Reuters Reuters Apr 10, 08 6:54 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, according to some of the 67 travelers who survived the ordeal, reports CNN. More »

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

Micky D Gives
Migrants a Raise

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

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Apr 10, 07 10:50 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 »

More about:  McDonald's • labor • Jimmy Carter • Taco Bell • social responsibility • migrant workers • labor movement • Pizza Hut

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