Leopoldo Zumaya stumbled while pruning a tree in 2004 and fell into a
legal black hole. The apple picker’s broken leg got him promptly booted
out of his work camp. And though he fought for the compensation he was
entitled to, ultimately he received only a fraction of what a worker
with immigration papers could have gotten under Pennsylvania state law. Read more. (from The Nation)
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Immigrant Workers are Being Deported for Getting Injured on the Job
Leopoldo Zumaya stumbled while pruning a tree in 2004 and fell into a
legal black hole. The apple picker’s broken leg got him promptly booted
out of his work camp. And though he fought for the compensation he was
entitled to, ultimately he received only a fraction of what a worker
with immigration papers could have gotten under Pennsylvania state law. Read more. (from The Nation)
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