How can technology raise labor standards for migrant workers? Last week, our Executive Director Rachel Micah-Jones stood on stage at the annual flagship meeting of MIT Solve to present on how Contratados.org is changing the balance of power for migrant workers. Contratados.org, our Yelp++ for migrant workers, was named one of eight Solver teams in the…
Last week, guestworker women across industries and visa categories joined forces at the three-day event The Future of (Guest)Work: Women Building Gender Equity in Labor Migration in Washington, DC. As guestworker women shared their experiences, we witnessed the transformative power of stories. Crab pickers, cruise ship workers, domestic workers, teachers, engineers and farmworkers identified common threads: discrimination, harassment,…
The following letter was delivered to Congress on International Workers’ Day 2019 by The Future of (Guest)Work Migrant Women Delegation. May 1, 2019 Dear Representative, We’re farmworkers, crab pickers and cruise ship workers. We’re chocolate packers, engineers, veterinarians, nurses, domestic workers and teachers from all around the world. We are united by our motivation,…
Every year, hundreds of thousands of guestworkers are recruited for seasonal jobs in agriculture, landscaping and seafood processing. In just 3 days, we met 5120 of them. Last week, we headed from Mexico City to Monterrey — the city that processes the highest number of H-2 visas in the world and our last chance to…
Can you hear them? This International Women’s Day, our team is honoring courageous migrant worker women who stand up for their right to a safe workplace. But who are the women willing to blow the whistle? Today, we’re thinking of Mariel, a Mexican veterinarian hired to work in an Oklahoma hog farm under the TN…
We’re thrilled to welcome Sulma Guzmán, our new policy director, to the CDM team! Sulma joins CDM with a wealth of advocacy experience reflecting her lifelong commitment to workers rights and underserved communities through direct litigation and policy work. She is a native of California’s Central Valley and the proud daughter of farmworkers. Following roles…
Today, we celebrate a big win: the U.S. Trade Representative announced that the preliminary agreement for a new trade deal reached by the United States and Mexico will ensure migrant workers are protected under labor laws, bring labor obligations from a side accord into the core of the agreement, and make labor obligations fully enforceable. Since…
Caregiving is work, and au pairs are workers. While many flaws in the J-1 au pair program are systemic, host families can make choices that protect au pairs. Our Au Pair and Host Family Agreement is a tool to empower and protect workers. With this customizable document, au pairs and host families can strengthen their…
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