What Are Migrant Workers In China
Migrant Workers in the U.S. and China
Jose Loera
Nevada State College
Abstract
Many migrant workers in the U.S. tend to work in the agricultural industry as farmworkers, while migrant workers from China leave their rural farms to work in larger urbanized cities. Though roles seem to be reversed between the two groups, they have many similarities. The migrant workers from both the U.S. and China have significant impacts on their countries’ respective economies. In the process, these migrant workers endure many challenges such as poor pay, sub-standard living conditions, and work-related health risks. Regardless, migrant workers take on these challenges in order to better the lives of their families and to pursue their dreams and aspirations. Without their labor, many of the simple amenities that we enjoy would be more costly to obtain or not be available at all.
From the Chinese and Irish workers who helped build the first transcontinental railroad in the 1860’s to …show more content…
Others are factory workers who have been laid off from inefficient state-run factories. These workers include men and women and couples with children, where men often get construction jobs while women work in cheap-labor factories. Many couples will leave their children behind in their hometowns to be cared for by elders while they journey hundreds of miles to find work, often separating from each other to work in different cities. With a cell phone as their only lifeline to each other and to keep in touch with those at home, these couples will spend around eight months of the year away from home, returning to their respective villages in spring and the fall to help plant and harvest crops. Unfortunately, some workers are only able to make the journey back to their home villages once every few
Jose Loera
Nevada State College
Abstract
Many migrant workers in the U.S. tend to work in the agricultural industry as farmworkers, while migrant workers from China leave their rural farms to work in larger urbanized cities. Though roles seem to be reversed between the two groups, they have many similarities. The migrant workers from both the U.S. and China have significant impacts on their countries’ respective economies. In the process, these migrant workers endure many challenges such as poor pay, sub-standard living conditions, and work-related health risks. Regardless, migrant workers take on these challenges in order to better the lives of their families and to pursue their dreams and aspirations. Without their labor, many of the simple amenities that we enjoy would be more costly to obtain or not be available at all.
From the Chinese and Irish workers who helped build the first transcontinental railroad in the 1860’s to …show more content…
Others are factory workers who have been laid off from inefficient state-run factories. These workers include men and women and couples with children, where men often get construction jobs while women work in cheap-labor factories. Many couples will leave their children behind in their hometowns to be cared for by elders while they journey hundreds of miles to find work, often separating from each other to work in different cities. With a cell phone as their only lifeline to each other and to keep in touch with those at home, these couples will spend around eight months of the year away from home, returning to their respective villages in spring and the fall to help plant and harvest crops. Unfortunately, some workers are only able to make the journey back to their home villages once every few