Friends of Farmworkers, Inc.
924 Cherry Street, 4th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2411
(215) 733-0878 or (800) 729-1607, (215) 733-0876 (fax)
e-mail:  fof@friendsfw.org
Karen Detamore, Executive Director        Arthur N. Read, General Counsel

 

Information for Advocates

Analysis of Labor Protections Immigration Proposal McCain_Kennedy (September 2005)

"Protecting Worker Rights in the Context of Immigration Reform" 9 Journal of Law and Social Change at the University of Pennsylvania 65 (2006). Draft available at: http://friendsfw.org/advocates/immig/Journal_Law_Social_Change_Read_Article_2006.pdf

August 9, 2006:  Statement on H-2B Temporary Worker Program Arthur N. Read, General Counsel Friends of Farmworkers, Inc. Supplementation of Testimony for July 19, 2006 Hearing on "Guest Worker Programs: Impact on the American Workforce and U.S. Immigration Policy"
"Let the Flowers Bloom and Protect the Workers Too –A Strategic Approach Toward Addressing the Marginalization of Agricultural Workers" 6 U. Pa. J. Lab. & Emp. L. 525  (Spring, 2004). Available at:  http://friendsfw.org/advocates/Ag_Workers/Let_Flowers_Bloom.pdf.

  Links to University of California Davis Conference October 4, 2000

California Agricultural Labor Relations Act at 25

Workers on the Fringe:  

Exploring the Legal Status of America's Most Marginalized Workers

Table of Contents:  Workers on the Fringe:   

Exploring the Legal Status of America's Most Marginalized Workers

Workers on the Fringe:   Exploring the Legal Status of America's Most Marginalized Workers:  Download Adobe Portable Document Format

 H-2B Wage Rate Information

Limited English Proficiency Issues

Litigants With Limited English Proficiency: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee on Race and Gender Bias in the Judicial System

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee on Race and Gender Bias in the Judicial System: Other links

Information on Workers' Rights

Information about Friends of Farmworkers

Pennsylvania Immigration: Demographics, Trends, Problems

      Presentation December 22, 2003 to Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission

      (Adobe PDF format) 

Memorandum on Distribution of Farmworker Populations in Pennsylvania
Census 2000 Data on Limited English Proficiency Populations in Pennsylvania
Friends of Farmworkers Legal Resource Links  
Local Government Enforcement of Immigration Law  
Information on Pending Legislation  

Links

News

 October 2003:  Philadelphia City Solicitor Issues Memorandum on "Immigrant Access to City Services" - (Open Memorandum as Adobe PDF file)"   

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