Does citizenship status matter in Canadian agriculture? Workplace health and safety for migrant and immigrant laborers

Rural Sociology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 174-199

  Preibisch, Kerry ^a   Otero, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ASIAN IMMIGRANT; CITIZENSHIP; COMPLIANCE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH AND SAFETY; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; LEGAL SYSTEM; MIGRANT WORKER; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

CANADA;

EID: 84902183357     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ruso.12043     Document Type: Article

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