Migrant workers heavily exploited in U.S.: Brookings Institution


By Xia Lin

NEW YORK, March 3 (Xinhua) -- There are serious violations of labor standards in the United States as well, and nowhere more than with the employment of migrants in U.S. agriculture exports, according to a commentary published by The Brookings Institution on Tuesday.

"For the U.S. fairly and credibly to insist that firms in Mexico comply with basic labor standards, it must demand the same regarding the treatment of workers in its own traded industries," said the article.

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