Farm Labor Research Project Inc

TRANSNATIONAL WORKER EDUCATION - SEEKS TO PROVIDE KEY KNOW-YOUR-RIGHTS EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND ORGANIZING SKILLS TO AGRICULTURAL GUEST WORKERS (WITH H2A VISAS) COMING TO THE US TO WORK AS FARMWORKERS. OUR ORGANIZER SANTIAGO RAFAEL CRUZ WAS KILLED IN APRIL 2007 WHILE IMPLEMENTING THIS WORK IN MEXICO. THE "JUSTICE FOR SANTIAGO" CAMPAIGN SEEKS TO BRING TO JUSTICE THOSE WHO KILLED HIM AND IN DOING SO INCREASE AWARENESS ON THE HARDSHIPS SUFFERED BY TRANSNATIONAL WORKERS AND THOSE WHO DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS.

THE WORKER CENTERS IN OHIO AND NORTH CAROLINA PROVIDE EDUCATION, ADVOCACY REPRESENTATION AND SERVICES TO THE LOCAL POPULATION OF MIGRANT FARM WORKERS AND RECENT IMMIGRANTS. THE CENTERS REPRESENT WORKERS IN LABOR RELATED DISPUTES, SUCH AS RECOVERING LOST WAGES, CLAIMS ON WAGES NOT PAID, AND OTHER ON-THE-JOB ABUSES. THE CENTERS' EDUCATIONAL AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: FINANCIAL LITERACY CLASSES; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES; COMPUTER LAB AND COMPUTER LITERACY CLASSES; LABOR AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS TRAININGS; LEGAL CLINIC, INCLUDING LEGAL ASSISTANCE ON WORKERS COMPENSATION; HEALTH BENEFITS (LUCAS COUNTY MEMBER RESIDENTS); JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE, TRANSLATIONS, TAX PREPARATION ASSISTANCE; AND REFERRALS TO SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.