Migrant workers face significant challenges in their occupational health and safety, often taking on jobs that are dirty, dangerous, and demanding. They tend to work for lower wages, longer hours, and in more hazardous conditions than their nonmigrant counterparts.
Beyond the appetite for ethnic foods and economic benefits, the food industry also finds itself in a time when consumers are paying close attention to corporate positioning when it comes to human welfare
*many employers may seem to prefer those that are immigrants because they can get away with paying them lower than what they would pay someone else
*a Reason the food ratings are so high is because we build into the culture and enjoys sharing that with other so they are protecting those vendors
*Immigrants help small owned business process there product but also bring in more people and get paid less and if there weren't immigrants than many of the business would fail
phil Lambert 2017
Migrant Workers and Their Occupational Health and Safety
They work for less pay, for longer hours, and in worse conditions than do nonmigrants and are often subject to human rights violations, abuse, human trafficking, and violence
Migrant workers tend to be employed in jobs that carry increased exposure to environmental toxins, including extreme temperatures, pesticides, and chemicals
They are often engaged in what are known as 3-D jobs, these workers are often hidden from or invisible to the public eye and from public policy
Review in Advance 2018
U.S. fast food caught in immigration crosshairs
however, may not see much risk to Chipotle or other fast food companies from their immigration quandaries...the companies can simply go out and hire others or pay fines to ICE that probably won’t dent their bottom lines.
as driver’s licenses, Social Security cards and residence permits, are easy to come by “on the street,” said Tanya. “Many people offer them. It is part of coming here and trying to make a better life for your children.”
*what many don't seem to realize many immigrants tend to go for jobs like this especially if it doesn't involve much skill so they can feed their family*
SubLisa Baertlein, Mary Milliken, Ed Stoddard 2019