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Current conditions for migrant workers

Agricultural Worker Health Initiative
On the health of migrant workers

Health of Migrant Farmworkers in California
A report from the California Research Bureau, available for download as a .pdf (requires Adobe Acrobat or another .pdf reader)

Illegal Immigration in the California Strawberry Industry
On the crucial role of migrant labor in the strawberry industry

Mexican Migrant Workers and Lynch Culture
On violence against migrant workers

Migrant Labor in the United States
A report from the PBS series Now

Research on migrant labor in Pennsylvania
Available for download as a .pdf (requires Adobe Acrobat or another .pdf reader)

Research on migrant labor in Wisconsin
Available for download as a .pdf (requires Adobe Acrobat or another .pdf reader)

Seeds: The Agricultural Worker Health and Housing Program Quarterly
Available for download as a .pdf (requires Adobe Acrobat or another .pdf reader)

Two articles from the New York Times on migrant housing

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Wages in Chinese factories

China as No. 1
On manufacturing and markets

China: Awakening Giant
From the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Chinese factory workers begin protesting low wages, poor conditions
An article from the Knight Ridder news agency

Factsheet on Chinese factory labor From nosweat.org

How China Gets Our Business
A report from the Boston Consulting Group

Just how cheap is Chinese labour?
From asianlabour.org

Migrant Workers Call the Shots
On the influx of rural men and women seeking manufacturing jobs in China's cities

U.S. Factory Shipped To China
CBS News report on the dismantling of an American factory