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Farmworkers
Facts about Farmworkers
(Separate Website)
This web page contains basic information about farmworkers' (1) Economic Contribution, (2) Legal Status, (3) Wages and Benefits, (4) Health and Social Services, (5) Legislative Protection and (6) Housing.
By: National Center for Farmworker Health
Farmworker Occupational Health Fact Sheet
(Separate Website)
The agriculture industry is consistently one of the most dangerous industries in which to work in the United States. The occupational safety risks involved in farm labor are numerous and can include exposure to pesticides, skin disorders, infectious diseases, lung problems, hearing and vision disorders, and strained muscles and bones Because of their general lack of access to quality medical care, these risks are even greater for the 2.5 million migrant and seasonal farm workers who work in the fields every year.
By: National Center for Farmworker Health
Farmworker Oral Health Fact Sheet
(Separate Website)
According to an analysis of migrant health center encounter data, dental disease ranks as one of the top five health problems for farmworkers ages 5 through 29, and remains among the top twenty health problems for farmworkers of all other ages
presenting for care. For children ages 10 to 19, dental disease are the chief complaint.1 Over the last eighteen years, numerous local level studies of the oral health of farmworker children and adults have been conducted. The findings
consistently show farmworkers of all ages to have a level of oral health far worse than what is found in the general population.
By: National Center for Farmworker Health
Farmworker Tuberculosis Fact Sheet
(Separate Website)
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that continues to be a significant health problem among migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Farmworkers are at greater risk for becoming infected with TB than the general population. Efforts to control TB have been successful in many cases world wide leading to overall declines in those infected with the disease, however this decline has not been seen in the migrant farmworker population.
By: National Center for Farmworker Health
Farmworkers and Colonia Communities
(Separate Website)
This site contains information about farm workers and colonia communities.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Farmworkers and HIV/AIDS
(Separate Website)
This document contains basic information and statistics about Farmworkers and HIV/AIDS.
By: National Center for Farmworker Health
Harvest Safety- Just for Kids
(Separate Website)
The most severe farm accidents often involve machinery. Missing guards and shields, failure to recognize hazards and careless operation are common factors in a majority of farm equipment related injuries.
By: Farm Safety Just for Kids
Safe Play Areas for Children on the Farm
(Separate Website)
Children are at risk! The farm is an inherently dangerous place for children if adults do not provide a safe place for young curious minds to explore and learn about the benefits of farm living.
By: Farm Safety Just for Kids
Immigrants
Combat Modern-Day Slavery: Worker Trafficking
The recently enacted Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 established important new tools and resources to combat trafficking and to provide vital assistance to its victims. An Internet link to the new legislation can be found at www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/tpwetf.htm. The law creates new felony criminal offenses to address slavery and peonage; sex trafficking in children; and the unlawful confiscation of a victim's passport or other identification documents. It creates a new "forced labor" felony that will provide federal law enforcement with the ability to prosecute the sophisticated forms of nonphysical coercion that traffickers use today to exploit their victims. And it requires traffickers to pay full restitution to victims and to forfeit their assets if convicted.
By: US Department of Justice
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Immigrants and Employment
(Separate Website)
This link includes articles about immigrants and employment originally published in the National Immigration Law Center newsletter.
By: National Immigration Law Center
Informacion Importante para Trajadores Huespedes H2A (Important Information for H2A Farmworkers)
By: South Carolina Legal Services- Charleston
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Migrant & Seasonal Agricultural worker Protection Act
(Separate Website)
Link to US Dept of Agriculture; Adapted from "A Summary of Federal Laws and Regulations Affecting Agricultural Employers, 1992," by Jack L. Runyan, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Agriculture Information Bulletin Number 652.
By: US Department of Agriculture
Other Resources
Chemical Safety: Education for Children
(Separate Website)
Each year thousands of children are exposed to chemicals on the farm.
By: Farm Safety Just for Kids
Employee Responsibilities under OSHA
(Separate Website)
Although OSHA does not cite employees for violations of their responsibilities, each employee "shall comply with all occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued under the Act" that are applicable. Employee responsibilities and rights in states with their own occupational safety and health programs are generally the same as for workers in states covered by Federal OSHA.
By: U.S. Department of Labor - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Employer Responsibilities for Worker Safety
(Separate Website)
Employers have certain responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. This web site contains a summary of the most important ones.
By: U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Facts About Privacy and Cyberspace
(Separate Website)
This manual in, PDF format only, contains facts about privacy and cyberspace (the Internet) and includes information on e-mail privacy in the workplace.
By: American Bar Association
OSHA Fact Sheets - Information from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(Separate Website)
This web page contains links to fact sheets developed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration relating to employee rights.
By: U.S. Department of Labor - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Second National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
(Separate Website)
The Report is the second in a series of publications that provide an ongoing assessment of the exposure of the U.S. population to environmental chemicals using biomonitoring. Biomonitoring is the assessment of human exposure to chemicals by measuring the chemicals or their metabolites in human specimens such as blood or urine. Released January 31, 2003.
By: Center for Disease Control
Whistleblower Fact Sheet
(Separate Website)
You may file a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor if your employer discriminates against you because you have "blown the whistle" - reported certain activities against your employer. This fact sheet provides more information about your rights.
By: U.S. Department of Labor - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Whistleblowers and Corporate Fraud Fact Sheet
(Separate Website)
This fact sheet explains the situations in which you have legal protections when you report corporate fraud.
By: U.S. Department of Labor
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