Migrant Worker’s Health in Our Fields
Migrant Worker’s Health in our Fields
There are many hazards that go along with working in the farm fields as a migrant worker. The exposure to many agricultural chemicals poses a danger unlike any Americans face in their normal day to day jobs. Even the worst, and dirtiest, American job does not come close to the work-life as a migrant worker in the farm fields. In this paper I will first lay out the fundamentals of the culture of capitalism and concentrate on the laborer. Then I will move my focus mainly on one case study entitled “Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in the US: A review of health hazards, status, and policy” by Carol Sakala. In her paper she discusses the faults that the current health policy has. She also brings up four major occupational exposures – the pesticides used, the sun, injuries, and bad field sanitation. Sakala argues that the current health policies that deal with migrant farm workers need to change. Following the current programs and status of migrant workers in the U.S. will be an explanation of why it is important we change the current policies. By increasing awareness of the difficulty of America's migrant and seasonal farm workers, I hope to boost the development of a stronger public health setup and to improve the health status of these individuals.
In lecture the laborer was also defined as the workers. Along with the capitalist and the consumer, they are the group which is the laborer in the societal structure of capitalism. In class we gave an example of the structure of the nation state in terms of Santa Claus and the North Pole. In this example, Santa Claus is the fatherly man as the manager, the happy elves as the laborers and toys are the commodities. This is a good example to use because it highlights only the good and makes everything out to be a simple process in which the workers are singing and happy to be working. In reality, this is far from the case. Laborers such as migrant workers can be as young as eight
There are many hazards that go along with working in the farm fields as a migrant worker. The exposure to many agricultural chemicals poses a danger unlike any Americans face in their normal day to day jobs. Even the worst, and dirtiest, American job does not come close to the work-life as a migrant worker in the farm fields. In this paper I will first lay out the fundamentals of the culture of capitalism and concentrate on the laborer. Then I will move my focus mainly on one case study entitled “Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in the US: A review of health hazards, status, and policy” by Carol Sakala. In her paper she discusses the faults that the current health policy has. She also brings up four major occupational exposures – the pesticides used, the sun, injuries, and bad field sanitation. Sakala argues that the current health policies that deal with migrant farm workers need to change. Following the current programs and status of migrant workers in the U.S. will be an explanation of why it is important we change the current policies. By increasing awareness of the difficulty of America's migrant and seasonal farm workers, I hope to boost the development of a stronger public health setup and to improve the health status of these individuals.
In lecture the laborer was also defined as the workers. Along with the capitalist and the consumer, they are the group which is the laborer in the societal structure of capitalism. In class we gave an example of the structure of the nation state in terms of Santa Claus and the North Pole. In this example, Santa Claus is the fatherly man as the manager, the happy elves as the laborers and toys are the commodities. This is a good example to use because it highlights only the good and makes everything out to be a simple process in which the workers are singing and happy to be working. In reality, this is far from the case. Laborers such as migrant workers can be as young as eight