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Picked Apart: The Hidden Struggles of Migrant Worker Women in the Maryland Crab Industry

Picked Apart The Hidden Struggles of Migrant Worker Women in the Maryland Crab Industry

American University's Washington College of Law and the Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (Center for Migrant Rights) report on the lives of H-2B guestworkers in the Maryland crab industry. It is an excellent resource with lots of detailed information about housing conditions, common workplace injuries and sexual harassment. It also contains information on illegal recruitment fees the workers pay for the visa in their home countries.