Indian H-2B workers on Hunger Strike

msfw — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:19:34 -0700

Indian Guest Workers, Survivors of Labor Trafficking Launching
Hunger Strike in Front of White House to Demand Protection Under the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act

A Tale of Two Jobseekers

msfw — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:45:38 -0700

Video response (dramatization) to U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) policy and rule changes. More information below.
In a nutshell DOL is mandating that the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) not refer farmworkers to jobs without doing employment eligibility verification screening. SWAs are revolting against this requirement, because it requires them to single out predominantly Hispanic customers for added scrutiny. Other job seekers are not treated this way and SWAs do not have the resources or the desire to do this. DOL is threatening to withhold appropriations due to the SWAs if they do not cooperate.

Disclaimer: I created this work on my own time in my individual capacity and it does not represent the opinion of anyone other than myself.

The E-Verify tentative non-confirmation in the dramatization should not have caused a delay in the referral, but such delays will probably occur if there is not adequate training (so I inserted a practical lesson regarding what not to do), but in reality there are so many steps in the process that could cause substantial delay and inconvenience to farmworkers that I decided not to re-shoot that part and left it as a teachable moment.

This dramatization highlights only a few of the many changes that DOL is proposing to the H-2A regulations that will have a negative impact on MSFWs

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Indian H-2B workers on Hunger Strike

A Tale of Two Jobseekers