Farm workers in Bangladesh gather young plants from a rice seed bed. (300-dpi JPEG version - 833k)(300-dpi JPEG version - 833k) Maria Maldonado MIGRANT WORKERS

Migrant workers are people who leave their country in search of a better lifestyle.

Article #23, states, “ 1. Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of Employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. 2. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for Equal work. 3. Everyone who works has the right to just and favorable remuneration Ensuring for himself and his family and existence worthy of human dignity, and Supplemented, if necessary, by another means of social protection. 4. Everyone has the right to form and join trade unions for protection of his interests.

Colombia Cuba

Mexico is located between the United States and Central America.

“one in every seven mexican workers migrates to the U.S.”

JORGE BARGAS

while interviewing a migrant worker he stated, “crossing the border was an experience that I will never forget, we were in the middle of nowhere, there was no food or water, and all types of danger around us. I was scared to die”.

View Full-size Colombia is located in northern south America, Between Panama and Venezuela.

In an article describing a Colombians personal experience, States, “the Colombian found his 2 teenage daughters pregnant and living with their boyfriends, meanwhile the rest of his kids barely identified him as their father.

In an article describing a Cuban migrant worker experience, it stated, “when all the farms were taken away from the government, it seemed to them that they were just working for another landlord”.

To make the situation better the U.S. should make a law that That allows migrants to be legal In this country. __by doing this, there would be Less cases of abuse.

Far West High should spend more Time giving lessons about Immigration issues in the United States. ___by doing this, students would be more aware of the issue.

To make change happen, individuals can research Farms that use migrant workers for cheap labor and boycott their products. ___ by boycotting, more and more people will become aware of the situation and might even join the boycott.

Injustices toward migrant Workers deny them the Human rights to good working conditions & equal pay for equal work.