The problems facing migrant women workers are grounded in their systemic exclusion from the U.S. economy overlaid with the discriminatory racist and sexist policies and practices that deny migrant workers their rights and limit their access to health care, educational opportunities, and legal services.
Surviving a global pandemic further illuminates the structures that do not support migrant women and the urgency of rebuilding differently. Justice for Migrant Women offers the recommendations that follow to Congress and the Administration and invites policymakers to use their power to support the transformation that Black, Brown, rural and migrant women are leading across the United States.
Additional details on these priorities can be found by downloading Justice for Migrant Women’s full policy agenda.
Protect immigrant survivors of workplace sexual assault.
Take steps to advance the safety and well-being of immigrants and migrant women in the workplace.
Ensure affordable and accessible mental health services are provided to migrant women.
Pass BE HEARD in the Workplace Act
Address gender steering and the gender wage gap, which is particularly prevalent for migrant and seasonal women workers.
Provide a pathway to citizenship for essential workers.
We are in a season where many children enjoy a break from school and families gather to share fresh fruits and vegetables. This time of respite and play, however, is not the reality for the children who make it possible for us to share a fresh meal with our families.
While retaining exemptions for family farms and education programs, the CARE Act would bring age and work hour standards for children in agriculture up to the standards for children working in all other industries & provide greater protection against physical harms.
Do you live in the state of Ohio?
SEND A LETTER TO GOVERNOR DEWINE
The reality is that many essential workers did not receive the assistance they were owed for risking their lives to keep our communities safe and healthy. In 2022, the second part of American Rescue Plan Act funds will be allocated by state and local governments. As people try to “go back to normal”, it remains critically important to ensure that essential workers are not left behind.
Are you a resident of Fremont, Ohio?
Essential Workers showed up for us. It's time we showed up for them. Send a message to the City Council and ask them to pass a resolution supporting an Essential Worker Bill of Rights.
Fremont should join the four cities in Ohio that have passed the resolution – Toledo, Lakewood, Dayton and Columbus – to not only show support for essential workers but to demonstrate to the state that we care about all essential workers, including those that are working in low paid sectors. It is time to put action behind years worth of praises.
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