Americans Benefit from the Abuse of Migrant Farm Workers

Consumption exploitation: How Americans benefit from abusing migrant workers As Americans become more concerned about health, their consumption of fruits and vegetables will increase to astronomical levels. As immigrant farm workers are responsible for picking the bulk of these products, the eating habits of the Americans have long stuck to the agricultural labor market where many people want to finish. Thus, regardless of whether they are intentional or not, Americans are exploiting these migrant workers their wages are lower than the minimum wage, they do not have the power to negotiate with the employer and their lives The condition is inappropriate and will not be accepted.

John Steinbeck 's famous playing cards, George and Rennie brought immigrant farm experience in the American Great Depression to American literature, the famous classic of mice and men. As part of the huge food production industry in the western United States, most of the mobile farm workers in the depression, such as George and Lenny, were single men and were looking for jobs from farm to farm with box cars, and since then I have met the cultural environment. It is a landscape. Descriptions of these cards can be found in many artworks including paintings, photography, music, literature. In this course we will explore the various symptoms of immigrant workers in depression and compare them with today's immigrant workers.

In the United States, from 1 million to 3 million migrant workers plant, cultivate, harvest, and pack fruits, vegetables and nuts every year. It is a necessary condition for the production of innocent fruits and vegetables that are still needed by consumers. Immigrant farm workers are primarily Mexican born sons, husbands and fathers, leaving hope and dreams of familiarity and satisfaction. Build families' houses, support themselves, buy land and houses, and like many immigrants coming to them, enough money to eventually return to their hometown. Jamaica, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and other countries from the United States have not changed. They are young, average age is about 31 years old.

The increase in agricultural mechanization has reduced the demand for migrant workers in the United States. Some migrant workers are Mexican-American citizens, but many other migrant workers are illegal immigrants from the southern border. Mostly men under 30 years old, I go to school under 8 years old. Like other countries, many migrant workers in the U.S. have low unemployment rates and are underrepresented and are excluded from normal local life. They usually work at low wages and the average annual income is only a small part of most American workers. Since the 1960s, when activists such as trade unions and Cesar Chavez started organizing immigrants, the number of immigrant workers in the United States has increased. In addition, in some states and regions, special committees have been set up to enforce and expand social law promoting migrant workers.