Resources

On this page:
Farmworkers and Agriculture
Immigration
Trade Policies
Workers' Rights
Human Rights


Farmworkers and Agriculture

Inventory of Farmworker Issues and Protections in the United States
The Color of Food
Injustice on Our Plates: Immigrant Women in the U.S. Food Industry
Better Off on Big Farms: For Agricultural Workers, Size Matters
Press Release: Broad Coalition Decries White House Defense of Pesticide Lobbyist Nomination
Op-Ed: Weed it and Reap
Immigration Raids Lead to Farm Labor Shortage: Food Not Harvested Could Lead to Drastic Price Increases
U.S. Farmers Using Prison Labor
Farmworkers, Farmers Discuss Labor Standards for Domestic Fair Trade
Us vs. Stem: Workers on organic farms are treated as poorly as their conventional counterparts
Bringing a Living Wage to the Farm


Immigration

    Legislation
H.R. 4321 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill presented on December 15, 2009
Summary of Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP)

    Reports and Studies
Raising the Floor for American Workers- The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
New Americans in the Garden State
Recent Immigration to Philadelphia: Regional Change in a Re-Emerging Gateway City
Estimating the Contribution of Immigrant Business Owners to the U.S. Economy
U.S. Business and Hispanic Integration: Expanding the Economic COntributions of Immigrants
Fiscal Facts: Tax Contributions of Virginia's Undocumented Immigrants
Collateral Damage: An Examination of ICE's Fugitive Operations Program
The Myth of Immigrant Criminality and the Paradox of Assimilation: Incarceration Rates Among Native and Foreign Born Men
Paying the Price: The Impact of Immigration Raids on America's Children
The Fence to Nowhere
Voices of the Disappeared: An Investigative Report of New Jersey Immigrant Detention
To Welcome the Stranger: Myths and Realities of Illegal Immigration
Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants in the United States


Trade Policies

Broken Promises: NAFTA at 15
No Maiz, No Pais (No Corn, No Country) - Short Video Documentary
Trading on Migrant Labor


Workers' Rights

All Work and No Play: Day Laborers, Wage Theft, and Workplace Justice in New Jersey
Report - Close to Slavery: Guestworker Programs in the United States
Mushroom Workers Vote Against Union
Mushroom company is honored despite labor unrest


Human Rights

Slow Movement- Protection of Migrants' Rights in 2009
Human Rights Advocates Condemn Denial of Access to U.N. Independent Expert to Monmouth County Jail


CATA
P.O. Box 510
Glassboro, NJ 08028
Phone: (856) 881-2507
Fax: (856) 881-2027
Email: cata@cata-farmworkers.org
CATA Pennsylvania
P.O. Box 246
Kennett Square, PA 19348
Phone: (610) 444-9696
Fax: (610) 444-1033
Email: Luis@cata-farmworkers.org