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Lydia Medland - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • misconceiving seasons in global food systems the case of the eu Seasonal Workers directive
    European Law Journal, 2017
    Co-Authors: Lydia Medland
    Abstract:

    This article discusses the EU Seasonal Workers Directive alongside case study data of Seasonal agricultural workin Spain. The conceptual contribution is to critically consider‘Seasonality’and the related assumptions aroundtemporary labour migration for agricultural work. This consideration informs an analysis of the Directive's policyapproach alongside its three global objectives. It is argued that this Directive is likely to fail to meet all three ofthese objectives; the assumed timeframe for labour demands does not correspond with unmet Seasonalchallenges; the lack of options for undocumented Workers already in the EU may compound their marginalisation;the policy approach of circular migration and limited worker protections does not do enough to prevent newSeasonal Workers from falling into situations of vulnerability and undocumented status.

Priya Chattier - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • beyond development impact gender and care in the pacific Seasonal worker programme
    Gender & Development, 2019
    Co-Authors: Priya Chattier
    Abstract:

    ABSTRACTClose to 17,320 Workers participate in the Seasonal Worker Programme, a temporary migration scheme between Australia and selected island countries in the Pacific. This article looks at the ways in which Seasonal migration affects the social lives of migrants from Tonga and Vanuatu, in their households and communities. It explores the various barriers that women face as a result of this scheme, highlighting, in particular, imbalances in the gendered division of labour caused by the absence of males due to migration. It argues that focusing solely on the economic development discourse of Seasonal labour programmes is problematic because it fails to take into account the normative dynamics and general context of Seasonal Workers. Such an approach also fails to take into consideration the rights of migrants to live with their families, and not to have to make choices that are shaped by physical separation from their families and communities. The article concludes with recommendations for policy reform...

Philip L. Martin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • labor intensive u s fruit and vegetable industry competes in a global market
    Amber Waves, 2010
    Co-Authors: Linda Calvin, Philip L. Martin
    Abstract:

    The U.S. fruit and vegetable industry is labor intensive, pays higher wages than are paid in many other countries, and increasingly operates in a global economy. U.S. fruit and vegetable farms rely on Seasonal Workers who are likely to be unauthorized immigrants; any future immigration reform could reduce the supply of labor or raise wages. Fruit and vegetable growers may respond to any potential wage increases by reducing the number of Seasonal Workers employed, adopting mechanized harvesters or other labor-saving technologies in the field, or reducing production.

  • mexican Workers and u s agriculture the revolving door
    International Migration Review, 2002
    Co-Authors: Philip L. Martin
    Abstract:

    Western U.S. agriculture is an industry that has shaped and been shaped by a peculiar labor policy: Seasonal Workers were outsiders who looked to agriculture for jobs, not careers. They did not plan to remain farm Workers, and the industry and community in which they worked and lived did not see them as long-term settlers. The immigration and integration policy, in effect, was to recruit new Workers willing to accommodate themselves to Seasonal employment, and to avoid their integration in agricultural areas. Thus, for most immigrant Workers, economic mobility required geographic mobility. However, the major policy issue is not how to enhance the upward mobility of immigrant farm Workers and their children; it is how U.S. agriculture should gain access to immigrant farm Workers.

  • labor relations in california agriculture
    University of California Institute for Labor and Employment, 2001
    Co-Authors: Philip L. Martin
    Abstract:

    C HAPTER 5 L ABOR R ELATIONS IN C ALIFORNIA A GRICULTURE P HILIP M ARTIN Introduction Agriculture is the only industry in California in which the major issue at the dawn of the 21 st century are the same as they were at the dawn of the 20 th century, viz., what is the proper role of federal and state regulation of wages and working conditions in a labor market staffed largely by immigrant Workers with few other U.S. job options? Farm labor was a public policy concern in 1900 because agriculture was the state’s largest employer (Daniel 1981); farm labor is a public policy concern in 2000 because agriculture is the port of entry for many immigrants from Latin America. These newcomers, many with little education, receive wages, benefits, and career prospects that are universally acknowledged to be near the bottom of the California job ladder. The general effect of 20 th century farm labor policies was to first increase the farm labor supply, usually via immigration, and then, in response to lagging farm wages and benefits, to develop farm worker assistance programs to offset some of the poverty and lack of opportunity associated with low wages and poverty for migrant and Seasonal farm Workers and their children. In 1999, federal and state governments spent about $1 billion on special educational, health, housing, and training services for farm Workers and their children, equivalent to about one-sixth of the earnings of the target Workers. Farm Labor History California has had large and specialized farms dependent on migrant and Seasonal Workers since it became a state in 1849. The two most important dates in early California agricultural history were 1869, when the transcontinental railroad was completed, lowering transportation costs and encouraging crop production that required Seasonal Workers, and 1882, when the state’s fledgling labor-intensive agriculture was challenged by the Chinese Exclusion Act. Farmers realized that paying Seasonal Workers only when they worked reduced labor costs and raised land values. There was widespread resistance to a system of large and specialized farms dependent on migrant Workers, and stopping Chinese immigration was expected to force the break up of large farms, since it was thought that Americans and European immigrants would be unwilling to be Seasonal farm Workers. However, farmers turned to waves of other immigrants and migrants willing to accommodate to Seasonality because they had few other U.S. job options These groups consisted of Japanese in the 1890s and early 1900s, Mexicans in the 1920s, Dust Bowl migrants in the 1930s, and Mexicans since the 1940s. Federal farm labor policy almost changed in the 1930s. Farm Workers were excluded from both the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, but a series of books and reports in 1939-40 set the stage for applying federal labor laws to at least the largest U.S. farms. The

Olivia Dun - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Preben Aavitsland - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • communicable disease control in a migrant Seasonal Workers population a case study in norway
    Eurosurveillance, 2005
    Co-Authors: Philippe J Guerin, Line Vold, Preben Aavitsland
    Abstract:

    Reliable data on the health status of migrant Seasonal Workers in Europe is scarce. Access to public health care for this population depends on national regulations, and their legal status in host countries. In this manuscript we describe a case study of a salmonellosis outbreak that occurred in Norway, and highlight the difficulties encountered in applying control measures in a population of Seasonal migrant farm Workers. Surveillance and control of infectious diseases need to be supported by legislation which makes implementation of control measures possible. Efforts have been made to improve the rights for migrants in Europe with regard to healthcare, but Seasonal migrant Workers still remain largely outsiders where these measures are concerned. Special attention should be given to this disadvantaged group in terms of social rights and healthcare. Preparedness plans should be improved to deal with contagious pathogens involving the Seasonal migrant population.