Know Your Rights

A Guide for Migrant and Rural Women Workers and their Communities

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Justice for Migrant Women is committed to providing individuals with the information that they need to improve their working conditions, expanding access to justice for those who experience harm and creating a network for solidarity, support, and advancement. We are particularly focused on communities that are often left behind. For migrant women workers, navigating the legal system in the U.S. can be challenging. For women who migrate to or live in rural communities, information can often be difficult to obtain. There are a range of violations that working people might experience. These violations include harassment, unequal pay, wage theft, and unsafe working conditions. 

This Know Your Rights guide provides information about some of the employment protections that exist in the United States and resources for workers to learn more about their rights or to seek help if they experience injustices in the workplace. This guide focuses on protections under federal law that may be most beneficial to people who identify as migrant and/or rural women.  There may be additional protections under state law not listed here.