PETITION: Give back the profits of guestworker abuse!
Meet Denise. She’s one of 150 H-2B guestworkers from Jamaica who was leased out by a Florida contractor to clean luxury condos for Republican political donors. Denise and her fellow workers faced...
View ArticleNYT Labor Day op-ed on Jamaican guestworker fight – 9/2/13
Subcontractor Servitude – New York Times op-ed By Jennifer Gordon Sep. 2, 2013 THE words “guest workers” and “strike” are not often seen together. Yet twice this summer, members of a group of more...
View ArticleGuestworkers March on Beach Resort Where They Exposed Labor Abuse – 9/3/13
Guestworkers March on Beach Resort Where They Exposed Labor Abuse Jamaican guestworkers in FL demand Edgewater Beach Resort make them whole WHAT: Press conference by guestworkers who exposed severe...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Guest workers protest job conditions – The News Herald – 9/4/2013
Guest workers protest job conditions The News Herald Randal Yakey September 4, 2013 (Click the image for a full gallery of photos from the event) PANAMA CITY BEACH — Guest workers from Jamaica said...
View ArticleJamaican Guestworkers Protest Alleged Abuse from Panhandle Employer – WMBB –...
Jamaican Guestworkers Protest Alleged Abuse from Panhandle Employer WMBB Addie Hampton September 4, 2013 WMBB News 13 – The Panhandle’s News Leader Jamaican Guest workers here on a visa are alleging...
View ArticleWe Can Move Mountains – Medium – 10/12/15
Medium.com October 12, 2015 We Can Move Mountains by Shellion Parris When I was a guestworker in Florida receiving $0 paychecks after working all week and hearing constant threats from my boss, I never...
View ArticleThe Nation – She Came to the US, Was Forced Into Indentured Servitude, and...
The Nation October 21, 2015 She Came to the US, Was Forced Into Indentured Servitude, and Now Faces Deportation by Michelle Chen When Shellion Parris talked about her experience as a “guestworker” at...
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