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Defending
the
rights
of
North
Carolina's
migrant
and
seasonal
farmworkers
THE FARMWORKER
UNIT A DIVISION
OF THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION LEGAL AID OF NORTH CAROLINA
Provides free civil legal assistance to farmworkers across the state. We are committed to improving
the living and working conditions of farmworkers and their families through legal representation and advocacy.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
AND NEWS
Before planting and harvest
time in the United States it has been common for local recruiters to fan
out across Mexico’s parched countryside to sign up guest workers. The
recruiters charge the Mexicans hundreds of dollars, sometimes more, for
the job and the temporary visa that comes with it.
READ THE FULL STORY
THE NEW YORK
TIMES
Lori Elmer, a staff attorney was featured on NPR's nationally-broadcast
program
"All
Things Considered", on
May 8,
2007.You
can hear the full story, titled "Corruption Leads to Deep Debt for Guest
Workers", on the
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED WEBSITE
Lori
Elmer is a staff attorney with Raleigh-based Legal Aid of North
Carolina's Farmworker Unit. She recently filed two cases on behalf of
foreign nationals who say they were promised agricultural work under the
H-2A visa federal guest worker program.
READ THE FULL HISTORY
NORTH
CAROLINA INDEPENDENT WEEKLY
The
Farmworker Unit in the
news, front page in The New York Times.
Low Pay and Broken Promises Greet Guest Workers.
To a rice farmer from
Thailand
making $500 a year, the recruiter’s pitch was hard to resist — three
years of farm work in North Carolina that would pay more than 30 times
as much as he earned at home
READ THE FULL STORY
THE NEW YORK
TIMES
Ag JOBS Bill
Reintroduced. This
proposal in Congress would provide earned legalization for many migrant
farmworkers in the U.S. For more details about the bill.
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Working
conditions can be life threatening
for
farmworkers, for more see the
Working Conditions section.
A migrant farmworker
harvests tobacco,
one of the
state's most important agricultural commodities.
Volunteer Opportunities:
We have a
volunteer program "Witness
for Justice"
Volunteers schedule visits twice a month
during the peak agriculture season in North Carolina.
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The Farmworker Unit
provides information about farmworker issues such as pesticide safety,
housing regulations, wage problems and other topics important to
agricultural workers. |
