RODENTS FOR ROOMMATES: LIABILITY UNDER THE MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION ACT'S HOUSING PROVISION

摘要

Migrant and seasonal agricultural workers have historically been one of the most abused and impoverished workers in the United States.' However, the plight of migrant agricultural workers did not receive national attention until the early 1960s. Migrant and seasonal workers traditionally received "low wages, long hours and poor working conditions." It is estimated that in 2002, the average migrant agricultural worker earned less than12,500dollar, while some earned as little as 3,000dolalr annually.When addressing the poverty of migrant agricultural workers, one court noted, "[t]he tragedy is further compounded when it is realized that the victims of this poverty are in fact the working poor, those who offer an honest day's labor, but are denied the full benefits such work should provide, which are so desperately needed to provide the most basic necessities of life.