Immigration & Labor Resources
Resources - Articles & Reports
NAWS Reports on Farmworker Demographics
Findings from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (NAWS) 2001 - 2002.
A Demographic and Employment Profile of United States Farm Workers. U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Office of Programmatic Policy, Research Report No. 9. March 2005. Previous reports are here.
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Reports
The USDA NASS quarterly report on farm labor includes the survey of farm wages on which the DOL bases its H-2A adverse effect wage rate. All NASS reports are available free of charge.
Bracero Workers
Information about the Bracero Program can be found on these webpages:
Centro de Trabajadores Agricolas Fronterizos (CTAF) / Sin Fronteras Organizing Project. Also check out their page on Braceros.
The Smithsonian's Bracero History Project. See also the Bracero Archive.
The law firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein is handling a class action for Braceros who are trying to recoup lost wages. There is more information on their website.
Legislation
Congress's Website "Thomas" allows you to read this proposed legislation and other materials. To go to the page that leads you to legislation and other materials, click on the following address: http://thomas.loc.gov
Reports and News on Immigration and Labor Rights addressing Farmworkers
FJ Report: Litany of Abuses: Why we need more --not fewer-- protections in the H-2A Guestworker ProgramLitanyofAbuseReport_Dec2008_FINAL.pdf 
Commission for Labor Cooperation
The Pineros/Men of the Pines, by Tom Knudson and Hector Amezcua, the Sacramento Bee, November 2005
Rural Migration News at the University of California, Davis
Department of Labor wage and hour information
Department of Labor state minimum wage information
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