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    on manual labor that is provided by farm-workers who are involved in harvesting, planting, plants processing, houses packing and facilities preparation that are connected to farming (Bruhn 79). Most of the farm-workers are Latin American migrants and minor representations from other regions. Migrant farm-workers in America are a representation of one group that exists among the most marginalized and less served population in the state. A migrant farm worker is described as a person whose primary

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    dubbed The Miracle Worker by William Gibson depicts the visually impaired Anne Sullivan teaching her blind and deaf pupil Helen Keller not only language, but obedience. During this journey to teach a disabled six-and-a-half year old, Sullivan faces adversity from the Keller family, from rivalry based on the Civil War and opinions on how Helen should be nurtured. Furthermore, Sullivan believes that obedience is the key to knowledge. Portrayed in all three acts of The Miracle Worker, not only obedience

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    lives of migrant workers The human migration in the US have significantly facilitated transnational cultural flows, expanded economic dependencies and reshaped labor norms in the past hundred years. It is important to understand the context of the current situation of the immigrant workers in the US, specifically, in the states of Washington and California, and how labors are viewing the situation, in order to have a specific approach on how to deal with the issue of undocumented workers. Bill Fletcher

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    Farm Workers History

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    Originally formed as the National Farm Workers Association, and later renamed to United Farm Workers (UFW), the foundation was co-founded by Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez in 1962. The United Farm Workers organization was basically a group of workers who stood together for their rights. The goal of the union was to augment the hardships and substandard working conditions of farm workers. Cesar would spend years organizing his fellow workers to fight for better pay and treatment from farm owners

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    What Is Workers Compensation? Workers compensation is a program that has been put in place to help people who have been injured while on the job. It is designed to cover the medical expenses that a person has incurred as the result of their injury. Workers compensation can also reimburse a person for the lost wages. There are restrictions that have been put in place that can make it difficult for a person to be awarded workers compensation. For example, in order to get workers compensation, a

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    A.) Social Location / pg.3: The group memberships that people have because of their location in history and society In The Harvest, it was interesting how the entire make-up of the families was based on being a migrant worker. Every person in the family seemed to already know what their role was going to be as a child, there role in society was already pre mapped out for them. The goal as a family was to have everyone in the United States working together in the fields. The families followed

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    "Young Migrant Workers Toil in U.S. Fields" by Karen Fanning. In the 1930s, migrant workers had to go through some pretty rough times in order to support themselves. Today, migrant workers work extremely hard to support their families while, at the same time, sending their kids to school. However, the world in the 1930s was very different than it is today. This makes for some variation when it comes to what challenges they have had to face. Regardless of these differences, migrant workers in the 1930s

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    What is Workers Compensation Insurance ? The workers' compensation insurance is a type of coverage that pays for medical services and salaries of workers injured on the job. California law requires every business to have this type of insurance for all employees . Under this law and the workers' compensation coverage employees who are injured on the job can not sue the company. Business owners are required to keep their own safety in all areas of work. However, accidents can happen. In these cases

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    Domestic workers are an important part of our society. Having people help around the house allows people to go out and get a job. Domestic workers organize your life and help you where you need the most assistance. Not only is domestic work an opportunity that is important for those who need to go out and find employment, but it itself is a way for others to earn money to support them and their families. People in certain countries and areas of the world rely on these jobs and opportunities for their

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    TJ Edgar Flushing Migrant farm workers in America go through struggles that middle class and privileged people of any race couldn’t even begin to comprehend without deep research. The types of pain that migrant farm workers endure on a day to day basis is incredible. As the consumers in a modern capitalist society, middle-class Americans are the reason that migrant farm workers have to raise their kids preparing them to work in servitude. The migrants don't

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