Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations - Helps migrant and seasonal farmworkers in south Florida and the Glades with emergency assistance, immigration, substance abuse and mental health, literacy and employment. Partnerships with UMOS and MAFO, conference dates.

Commission for Farm Workers' Rights - Based in Oxnard, California. Its main purpose is to help hard working immigrants and their families obtain justice and fair treatment.

December18 - Network for the promotion and protection of the rights of migrant workers. In English, French and Spanish.

Fact Sheet No.24, The Rights of Migrant Workers - Text of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1990.

Farmworker Justice Fund - Monitoring, analysis and ways to get involved on issues affecting migrant and seasonal farmworkers, including labor and employment, occupational safety and health, farmworker women, immigration, and access to the justice system.

International Labour Migration - Resources from the International Labor Organization including a migrant workers database, standards of work, and goals for improving conditions.

International Migrant Workers: Oregon State Archives - Archival information on Mexican migrant workers in Oregon in the 1940s.

Justica For Migrant Workers - Activists based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada promoting the rights of seasonal Caribbean and Mexican migrant farm workers who annually participate in the federal government's Caribbean and Mexican Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (known as SAW).

Migrant Workers - Articles, fact sheets and other resources from the International Labor Organization.
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Migrant Workers - Ireland - Information for migrant workers in Ireland.

Migrant Workers in Israel: A contemporary form of slavery - Report in PDF format on the condition of foreign workers in Israel.

Migrant Workers in Washington State: a Boon to the Tree Fruit Industry - Examination of the impact of migrant farm workers from the 1970s onward.

Migrant workers sue Wal-Mart - Conditions of cleaners 'a step from slavery' lawyer alleges. Published in the Guardian.

Migrants.Net - Resources for migrant workers from the Mission for Filipino Migrant Workers Society in Hong Kong.

Migration Network - Information on migrant workers in Lebanon.

OneWorld.net - Migrant workers' rights: A breakthrough? - Countries that consider themselves human rights champions are still reluctant to ratify the convention on protecting migrants' rights. Rosaura Audi argues the need for better communication between states, citizens and migrants.
Meta Description: [ Countries that consider themselves human rights champions are still reluctant to ratify the convention on protecting migrants’ rights. Rosaura Audi, Editor of December 18, argues the need for better communication between states, citizens and migrants. ]

Overworked, underpaid and over here - Migrant workers in Britain - Report from the Trades Union Congress in Britain on issues surrounding migrant workers including the impact on labour in Britain. Introduction is free though the full report is accessible only by purchase.
Meta Description: [ The blurring by media and governments of the distinction between refused asylum seekers, illegal working, illegal entry and criminal trafficking contributes to increased suspicion of all migrants and those who seem to be foreign. This also means it can be difficult for unions to identify and pres... ]

The Human Rights of Migrant Workers - Background information from the People's Movement for Human Rights Education.

The Migrant Experience - Examination of the experience of migrant workers in California (Mexicans and Okies) during the first half of the twentieth century.

The Special Plight Of Migrant Workers - Radio Netherlands article by by Arjan Schippers examines the conditions faced by migrant workers in Europe.
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