Justice at Work

Project on Justice at Work

The documents and links below provide background and information related to the Equal Justice Center's work on employment justice for low-wage working people.

	*NEW!* "AgJOBS" bill introduced in Congress to authorized earned legalization for undocumented farm workers.
	Equal Justice Center launches new Central Texas Immigrant Worker Rights Center .
	*NEW!* Austin American-Statesman articles and editorial on the Central Texas Immigrant Worker Rights Center.
	EJC and partners conduct employment rights workshops for immigrant poultry workers in Mississippi. Further workshops planned.
	Migrant workers settle lawsuit against Kentucky poultry processing company.
	Analysis of H-2A workers' eligibility for legal services from programs funded by the Legal Services Corporation.
	Annotated Outline of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA), presented by EJC Director Bill Beardall at the National Migrant Advocacy Conference, November 2002.
	Annotated Outline of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as applied to migrant workers in agriculture, presented by EJC Director Bill Beardall at the National Migrant Advocacy Conference, November 2002.
	Annotated Outline of Employer-Employee Relationships Under the FLSA and AWPA, presented by EJC Director Bill Beardall at the National Migrant Advocacy Conference, November 2002.
	Fair Labor Standards Act paper presented by EJC Director Bill Beardall for State Bar of Texas Advanced Employment Law Course, January 2002.