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Migrant workers
Pandemic highlights poor conditions for some of Canada's farmworkers
by
Emma Jacobs
Aug 10, 2021
The country is starting to beef up inspections and is looking at a process to set standards for housing farmworkers who are in the country on temporary visas.
COVID-19 makes life for migrant Chinese workers even more difficult
Mar 4, 2020
The nearly 170 million Chinese who travel a long way to work are having a tough time returning to their jobs because of quarantine areas.
The lucky migrant workers who get to retire in Beijing
by
Jennifer Pak
Oct 4, 2019
While many people move away from the countryside for work, few of them are able to officially register in the cities.
Why it's the "nonfarm" payrolls report
May 1, 2019
The Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report doesn't count jobs down on the farm. We explain why.
In China’s big cities, tenants feel the squeeze of rising rents
by
Jennifer Pak
Feb 13, 2019
Migrant workers like Ren Zhongyang work hard to earn money in Shanghai but struggle to find affordable rental homes there.
As farmworkers grow scarce, wages are on the rise
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 23, 2017
But that's not attracting native-born American laborers to the fields yet, L.A. Times reporter says.
For public good, not for profit.
Farm workers face shortage of decent, affordable homes
Feb 4, 2016
About three-quarters of hired crop workers work within 75 miles from home.
Secrets of the Christmas tree lot
Dec 17, 2014
The Vermont family selling that Christmas tree in Brooklyn? They didn't grow it. A big tree farm did.
Border towns hit hard as fewer migrants cross
Apr 28, 2014
Fewer migrants crossing Arizona’s border mean a slump for towns that relied on the smuggling economy.