Migrant Farmworkers Face Heightened Vulnerabilities During COVID-19

Haley, Ella; Caxaj, C. Susana; George, Glynis; Hennebry, Jenna; Martell, Eliseo; McLaughlin, Janet

doi:10.5304/jafscd.2020.093.016

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“…The extent to which middle- and high-income countries already rely on immigrant labor has been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused governments across the world to enact emergency measures to relax mobility restrictions for agricultural workers to safeguard food production. Examples include the U.S. (allowing agricultural guest workers already in the country to extend their work visas), Canada, Germany, and Spain (making special exceptions permitting seasonal migrant workers to enter the country), and Portugal and Italy (conditionally regularizing undocumented migrant workers) ( Beatty et al, 2020 , Cortignani et al, 2020 , Haley et al, 2020 , Ramiro, 2020 , Santa Fe Relocation, 2020 , USCIS, 2020 ).…”

Section: Migration (And Trade) Can Helpmentioning

confidence: 99%

Viewpoint: The future of work in agri-food

Christiaensen

Rutledge²,

Taylor³

2021

Food Policy

122

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Highlights As countries develop, job creation in agri-food shifts beyond the farm. Jobs in the agri-food system, on and off the farm, remain key for youth in Africa. Agri-food in developed countries relies on migrants. Technology reduces this. COVID-19 fosters automation and reduces agricultural migration and trade. Policies must promote inclusive agricultural chains and social insurance.

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Section: Migration (And Trade) Can Helpmentioning

confidence: 99%

Viewpoint: The future of work in agri-food

Christiaensen

Rutledge²,

Taylor³

2021

Food Policy

122

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“…These policies and practices operate through historically created settings, like prisons and jails that now serve as impromptu death row for caged Americans, substandard housing and crowding, migrant farmworker barracks, and homeless shelters. These settings are important for centering equitable efforts and reduce the risk of stigmatization; however, the measured and unmeasured impact is on people and communities (Berger et al 2020;Haley et al 2020;Nowotny et al 2020;Tsai and Wilson 2020).…”

Section: Covid-19 Response Basicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Racism and the Political Economy of COVID-19: Will We Continue to Resurrect the Past?

Bailey

Moon²

2020

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

134

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COVID-19 is not spreading over a level playing field; structural racism is embedded within the fabric of American culture, infrastructure investments, and public policy, and fundamentally drives inequities. The same racism that has driven the systematic dismantling of the American social safety-net has also created the policy recipe for American structural vulnerability to the impacts of this and other pandemics. The Bronx provides an important case study for investigating the historical roots of structural inequities showcased by this pandemic; current lived experiences of Bronx residents are rooted in the racialized dismantling of New York City’s public infrastructure and systematic disinvestment. The story of the Bronx is repeating itself, only this time with a novel virus. In order to address the root causes of inequities in cases and deaths due to COVID-19, we need to focus not just on restarting the economy, but on reimagining the economy, divesting of systems rooted in racism and the devaluation of Black and Brown lives.

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“…Moreover, care workers could face the additional burden of being quarantined for two weeks in the destination or home countries-in some cases even in both. Usually, they were not paid during these periods of isolation, similar to the situation of seasonal agricultural workers (Haley et al, 2020;Herrigel et al, 2020).…”

Section: Re-establishing Transnational Mobilitymentioning

confidence: 95%

Impact of COVID-19 Policy Responses on Live-In Care Workers in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland

Leiblfinger¹,

Prieler²,

Schwiter³

et al. 2020

Journal of Long Term Care

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The fragility of transnational live-in care arrangements The live-in care model in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland is based on mostly female workers from Central and Eastern European countries providing care for an elderly person (or couple) in that person's own home (Bachinger, 2009; Greuter & Schilliger, 2010; Lutz, 2005). Typically, two (or more) carers alternate in rotas of two to twelve weeks and commute between their workplace and their homes in, e.g., Poland, Romania, or Slovakia. They spend their rotas living in the homes of the elderly they provide care for and are usually on call (almost) around the clock (Österle, 2014; Palenga-Möllenbeck, 2013; Schilliger, 2014). While live-in care workers are self-employed in Austria, they are employed either directly by the household or by temporary employment agencies in Switzerland. In Germany, EU-regulated posting of workers is the most common form of employment. In all three countries, many live-in care workers are brokered by agencies which are often in charge of the collection of payments, transportation, and similar services (Chau, 2020; Österle & Bauer, 2016; Rossow & Leiber, 2017). Although to different extents and not uncontested, livein care has become an increasingly established model for elderly care in these three German-speaking countries (Steiner et al. 2019). The existing literature documenting the working and living conditions of live-in carers reveals the precarity involved: conditions are generally characterised by long working hours and low wages, oncall duty (almost) around the clock, and a high degree of dependence on the employer (

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Migrant Farmworkers Face Heightened Vulnerabilities During COVID-19

Cited by 94 publications

References 2 publications

Viewpoint: The future of work in agri-food

Viewpoint: The future of work in agri-food

Racism and the Political Economy of COVID-19: Will We Continue to Resurrect the Past?

Impact of COVID-19 Policy Responses on Live-In Care Workers in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland

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