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On AlterNet: migrant labor

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "migrant labor"

Are You Sure That Slaves Didn't Pick the Produce That Fills Your Fridge?

Are You Sure That Slaves Didn't Pick the Produce That Fills Your Fridge?

Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. September 23, 2009.
If you think buying organic, locally-raised food from the farmers' market means that the workers who harvested your food were treated fairly, it’s not necessarily a given.

Remittances to the Rescue?

Remittances to the Rescue?

Alissa Thuotte, Dollars and Sense. June 26, 2008.
Remittances decrease poverty in developing countries, but also makes them vulnerable to shifting political and economic winds abroad.