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Migrant workers
COVID-19 makes life for migrant Chinese workers even more difficult
Mar 4, 2020
The nearly 170 million Chinese who travel a long way to work are having a tough time returning to their jobs because of quarantine areas.
The lucky migrant workers who get to retire in Beijing
by
Jennifer Pak
Oct 4, 2019
While many people move away from the countryside for work, few of them are able to officially register in the cities.
Why it's the "nonfarm" payrolls report
May 1, 2019
The Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report doesn't count jobs down on the farm. We explain why.
In China’s big cities, tenants feel the squeeze of rising rents
by
Jennifer Pak
Feb 13, 2019
Migrant workers like Ren Zhongyang work hard to earn money in Shanghai but struggle to find affordable rental homes there.
As farmworkers grow scarce, wages are on the rise
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 23, 2017
But that's not attracting native-born American laborers to the fields yet, L.A. Times reporter says.
Farm workers face shortage of decent, affordable homes
Feb 4, 2016
About three-quarters of hired crop workers work within 75 miles from home.
Secrets of the Christmas tree lot
Dec 17, 2014
The Vermont family selling that Christmas tree in Brooklyn? They didn't grow it. A big tree farm did.
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Border towns hit hard as fewer migrants cross
Apr 28, 2014
Fewer migrants crossing Arizona’s border mean a slump for towns that relied on the smuggling economy.
Migrant workers sending more money home
Sep 24, 2012
Despite rough economic times, remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean were up 8 percent from 2010 to 2011.