17 June 2015, LA Times Disney has canceled recent plans to replace employees in 30 technology positions with workers from an agency known for outsourcing jobs to immigrants on temporary work visas. Employees of Disney/ABC Television in New York and Burbank first heard of the layoffs in late May. In recent weeks, before the company […]
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Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, 2014 Executive Summary This report reveals the reality of international labor recruitment for low-wage, temporary jobs in the United States, examining recruitment in Mexico, home to the largest number of temporary migrants who labor under H-2 visas in the U.S.1 The findings are based on data gathered by Centro
3 May 2015, MalayMail Online NEW ORLEANS, May 3 — It is nearing peak harvesting season for Louisiana crawfish, but a shortage of migrants to peel them is hurting the industry, largely because of a fight over foreign guest workers that has stirred fears Chinese imports will gain ground. The worker shortfall, which Louisiana officials
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24 January 2015, AJC.com (Atlanta) Georgia school districts have spent at least $52.5 million in the last five years importing foreign teachers, mostly to teach math, science and special education, but the districts have not hired a single one. Instead they use recruitment firms, which can provide a buffer for school districts who fear running
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12 March 2014, Al Jazeera / Fault Lines From India to Dubai and Afghanistan, we probe the system that brings foreign labourers to US military bases abroad. Today there are nearly 40,000 foreign contract workers on bases in the US military’s Central Command. Hailing primarily from India and Nepal, these labourers serve American troops in
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14 November 2014, New Republic The ugly business of how military contractors find their workers In September 2012, President Obama issued an executive order asserting a zero tolerance policy for government contractors who violated human trafficking laws. He specifically targeted recruitment fees that workers in southeast Asia frequently pay for work with military contractors in
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1 October 2014, The Nation & Foreign Policy in Focus Excerpt: In Bangladesh, one of the most densely populated countries on the planet, more than 157 million people live on about 57,000 square miles of land. That’s a population greater than Russia’s living in a country smaller than the state of Illinois. We heard over
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28 September 2014, BeaumontEnterprise.com SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed into law seven new bills intended to thwart human trafficking. The bills were mostly uncontroversial and had bipartisan support; they primarily involved enhancements and upgrades to existing laws on human trafficking and youth prostitution. They included AB1585, by Assemblyman Luis Alejo,
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