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February 14, 2023 | 0 comments
Five years after leaving their homes in Mexico and Guatemala for jobs promised by owners of two forestry companies and discovering they would not be receiving the wages, benefits and types of jobs described in their contracts, 263 foreign workers...
February 14, 2023 | 0 comments
Migrant farm workers win! Bladimir Moreno, the owner of Los Villatoros Harvesting LLC, a farm labor contractor that forced Mexican H-2A farm workers to work in horrible conditions, was stopped and brought to justice. After an investigation by...
January 27, 2023 | 0 comments
Reproductive health services are vital. Abortions provided by competent medical professionals in healthy and sanitary conditions are among the safest medical interventions. But when abortions are limited or criminalized, people are...
January 26, 2023 | 0 comments
Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc., along with lawyers in Georgia, has sued Hyundai Mobis, an automobile manufacturer as well as their recruitment agencies for defrauding the United States government and dozens of Mexicans with engineering...
January 26, 2023 | 0 comments
The United States Department of Labor found that Packers Sanitation Services Inc hired at least 31 children between the ages of 13 and 17. Some of their work included: cleaning floors and dangerous equipment such as meat- and bone-cutting saws,...
December 9, 2022 | 0 comments
Do you remember when the Trump administration proposed three negative changes to the H-2A visa program a couple of years ago? The Trump administration’s proposal included 1) changing the employer’s obligation to reimburse travel and...
October 17, 2022 | 0 comments
As part of its observation of National Farm Safety and Health Week (September 19-23), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) wrote about an alarming increase in deaths and injuries related to transportation in agriculture. DOL highlighted recent...
September 23, 2022 | 0 comments
Since the launch of Contratados.org we have shared information about H-2 seasonal work visas. However, those are not the only types of visas that allow workers to enter the U.S. temporarily. Here you’ll learn specifically about TN (Trade-...
October 13, 2022 | 0 comments
Last week, Reuters, a news agency, revealed that a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company, located in Montgomery, Alabama, utilized child labor in a factory that supplies parts for the most powerful and profitable automakers in the world....
October 13, 2022 | 0 comments
Minneapolis - A judge dismissed the challenge from a Minnesota company and confirmed the Department of Labor’s finding that the employer violated the federal program of H-2B temporary work visas. The judge’s order...
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