Farm labor; 21st century issues and challenges.
9781604560053 Farm labor; 21st century issues and challenges. Ed. by Alvin W. Burton and Irwin B. Telpov. Nova Science Publishers 2008 211 pages $69.00 Hardcover HD1525 The seven chapters of this...

How Do You Respond When ICE Shows Up at Your Farm, Ranch or Business?
For several years, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) agency charged with enforcement of employer immigration compliance has expanded significantly its worksite activities. In the last fiscal year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dramatically increased the amount of fines and civil judgments in worksite investigations, obtaining more than $30...

Strengthening a covenant.
The share of the American workforce filled by foreign-born workers has increased from one in 10 in 1990 to one out of six in 2006. Immigrants thrive here as workers because labor shortages exist along a broad expanse of jobs. Close to half of the software engineers in this...

Durk van der Ploeg. It himelske oerwurk.
Durk van der Ploeg. It himelske oerwurk. Ljouwert, Netherlands. Friese Pers. 2007. 512 pages. 24.95 [euro]. ISBN 978-90-330-0589-3 With It himelske oerwurk, Durk van der Ploeg ventures into the genre of the historical novel, in this case a kind of romanticized biography of the remarkable amateur astronomer...

Senator Feinstein crafts emergency agriculture labor relief act.
Facing a serious and worsening agriculture labor crisis in the United States, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is preparing an emergency solution for agriculture on a temporary basis that would address the immediate, critical needs for farm labor. Sen. Feinstein and others in Congress believe that agricultural producers and farm...

Joint employment and independent contractors under the migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.
The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) provides employment-related protections to migrant and seasonal agricultural workers. Every nonexempt farm labor contractor, agricultural employer and agricultural association who "employs" workers must: * Provide written disclosure of the terms and conditions of employment. * Post...

A labor of love.
It was fun putting together the June issue with its emphasis on the 50th Anniversary of The Pennsylvania State University Mushroom Short Course. Industry veterans, students, faculty and AMI officials reminisced about the early programs and the many contributions Penn State has made to the mushroom farm community. We're...

Binational guestworker unions: moving guestworkers into the house of labor.
INTRODUCTION In the mid-1990s, Francisco Hernandez Juarez, head of the Mexican telephone workers' union, proposed the establishment of "an International Union for Migrant Workers." (1) This idea never came to fruition, but the recent success of three unions in organizing groups of agricultural guestworkers (2) again raises...

Angara proposes master plan for restoration of rice terraces; Says let us save Ifugao Rice Terraces before it is too late.
In a bid to preserve and bring back the natural grandeur of the Ifugao Rice Terraces, Senator Edgardo J. Angara has filed a bill seeking to formulate a 10-year Cordillera Terraces Master Plan for the preservation and restoration of the Ifugao Rice Terraces. "The Ifugao Rice Terraces...

The new Americans; Immigrants seek, and offer, opportunities.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION Recent reports from the state Department of Public Health and the Pew Research Center agree that Massachusetts will be home to a record percentage of foreign-born residents over the coming quarter-century. Viewing newcomers as an opportunity, rather than a threat, is key to...