The Same Sex Marriage Debate Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:35:00 -0400 California isn't really in play in this year's presidential race, but there's plenty of heat coming from a measure that would ban same sex marriage. Proposition 8 would overturn this year's state supreme court decision that cleared the way for same sex couples to wed. Now, there's a big money battle on California's airwaves for and against Prop 8. Wyo. Town Still Grappling With Shepard Murder Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:31:00 -0400 On Oct. 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a young gay college student, was brutally murdered in Laramie, Wyo. Residents there are still dealing with the legacy of the crime. Growing Latino Population Redefines Small Town Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:52:00 -0400 Siler City, N.C., used to be the kind of town where almost everyone had roots going back a century or two. That's changed now that a chicken-processing plant has attracted a Latino workforce.
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Dana Goodyear: Campaign ’08 Abroad Dana Goodyear Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Fukui is a prefecture divided. On the one hand, it is home to Obama, a rustic fishing village on the Sea of Japan. (Obama means “little beach.”) On the other, its capital city--two hours from Obama on the commuter train--is a Republican stronghold: Fukui City, where Sarah Palin’s . . . The Editors: The better candidate for 2008. The Editors Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Never in living memory has an election been more critical than the one fast approaching--that’s the quadrennial cliché, as expected as the balloons and the bombast. And yet when has it ever felt so urgently true? When have so many Americans had so clear a sense that a Presidency . . . Steven Kurutz: Sarah Palin and the Washington tanning lobby. Steven Kurutz Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Of the many things revealed about the Alaska governor Sarah Palin since she became John McCain’s running mate last month, one of the most curious is the fact, reported two weeks ago, that she had a tanning bed installed in the state mansion in Juneau. Obama supporters seized on the . . .
BBC NEWS | Business | Migrant workers 'face exploitation' - A lack of legal protection for migrant workers who arrive in the UK is giving the green light to unscrupulous employers, the TUC says.
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Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations - Helps migrant and seasonal farmworkers in south Florida and the Glades with emergency assistance, immigration, substance abuse and mental health, literacy and employment. Partnerships with UMOS and MAFO, conference dates.
Commission for Farm Workers' Rights - Based in Oxnard, California. Its main purpose is to help hard working immigrants and their families obtain justice and fair treatment.
December18 - Network for the promotion and protection of the rights of migrant workers. In English, French and Spanish.
Fact Sheet No.24, The Rights of Migrant Workers - Text of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1990.
Farmworker Justice Fund - Monitoring, analysis and ways to get involved on issues affecting migrant and seasonal farmworkers, including labor and employment, occupational safety and health, farmworker women, immigration, and access to the justice system.
International Labour Migration - Resources from the International Labor Organization including a migrant workers database, standards of work, and goals for improving conditions.
Justica For Migrant Workers - Activists based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada promoting the rights of seasonal Caribbean and Mexican migrant farm workers who annually participate in the federal government's Caribbean and Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (known as SAW).
Migrant Workers - Articles, fact sheets and other resources from the International Labor Organization.
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OneWorld.net - Migrant workers' rights: A breakthrough? - Countries that consider themselves human rights champions are still reluctant to ratify the convention on protecting migrants' rights. Rosaura Audi argues the need for better communication between states, citizens and migrants.
Meta Description: [ Countries that consider themselves human rights champions are still reluctant to ratify the convention on protecting migrantsÂ’ rights. Rosaura Audi, Editor of December 18, argues the need for better communication between states, citizens and migrants. ]
Overworked, underpaid and over here - Migrant workers in Britain - Report from the Trades Union Congress in Britain on issues surrounding migrant workers including the impact on labour in Britain. Introduction is free though the full report is accessible only by purchase.
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The Migrant Experience - Examination of the experience of migrant workers in California (Mexicans and Okies) during the first half of the twentieth century.
The Special Plight Of Migrant Workers - Radio Netherlands article by by Arjan Schippers examines the conditions faced by migrant workers in Europe.
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