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Five on Friday | October 16, 2015

Oct 16, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The final days of harvest have arrived for much of the country. The last sugar beets are being pulled out of the ground in North Dakota; apple harvest has a few more weeks in New York State. In…
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Five on Friday | October 9, 2015

Oct 9, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, Homero Segovia, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Health Network Associate, tragically lost his life in a car accident. We at Migrant Clinicians Network struggled to keep working with the…
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Farmworker Voices

Oct 8, 2015
By: KerryBrennan
When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed revisions to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS), farmworker advocates quickly took action. We recognized how infrequently the WPS is…
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Five on Friday | October 2, 2015

Oct 2, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week’s post could have been called “A few dozen on Friday” -- there were lots of happenings in the world of health justice for the mobile poor. Here’s a tidy selection of the offered news pieces…
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MCN Receives Susan Harwood Training Grant

Sep 29, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This month, Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) was awarded a Susan Harwood Training Grant for capacity building from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). MCN’s project, Worker…
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At last: A revised Worker Protection Standard

Sep 28, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network is thrilled to announce today that the Environmental Protection Agency has at long last released its revised Worker Protection Standard, fortifying the rules that protect…
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Five on Friday | September 25, 2015

Sep 25, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
To round out our celebration of National Farm Safety and Health Week, we dedicate this week’s Five on Friday blog to the health and well-being of children in agricultural settings. Here are some…
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Celebrating our Dairy Workers: National Farm Safety & Health Week

Sep 24, 2015
By: KerryBrennan
National Farm Safety & Health Week is an annual campaign that recognizes the essential yet extremely hazardous work of our nation’s farmers. Today, we’re shining a light on America’s dairy farms…
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Children Need Protection, Too: Celebrating National Farm Safety and Health Week

Sep 23, 2015
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week marks National Farm Safety and Health Week. While there is much to be celebrated in terms of advancements in farm safety, there is still much work to be done -- particularly when over 100…
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Pushing hard till very end for a stronger Worker Protection Standard

Sep 16, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Yesterday, Migrant Clinicians Network and the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) discussed their current review of the Worker Protection Standard (WPS). The WPS is the Environmental…
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Five on Friday | September 4, 2015

Sep 4, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Labor Day: Double issue! One of the best ways we can honor our country’s workforce is to stay informed on the many issues that affect their health and safety. This Friday, we commemorate the…
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Thanks for the work you do!

Sep 3, 2015
By: KerryBrennan
Migrant and immigrant workers are employed in some of the most demanding and dangerous yet essential industries is the US. They labor tirelessly to harvest our food, build our houses, and landscape…
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Five on Friday | August 28, 2015

Aug 28, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network staff had lots to share this week. Here are the top five reads that we recommend to you. 1. Del, Director of International Projects, Research, and Development, offered up…
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Five on Friday | August 21, 2015

Aug 21, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
There’s lots to learn from this week’s list of health justice news and notes, recommended by MCN staff. Have you ever heard of carbon nanotubes? Can you guess the most commonly held job by immigrants…
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National Farmworker Health Day: A celebration of migrant clinicians across the country, a review of how far we’ve come, and a reminder of the work that remains

Aug 13, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today is National Farmworker Health Day, sponsored by the National Association of Community Health Centers. And, while we celebrate the 50-year-long and thriving partnership between health centers…
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Preparing Clinicians to Care for Farmworkers

Aug 12, 2015
By: KerryBrennan
A study in Pediatrics showed that 80% of children with organophosphate poisoning were transferred from the emergency department with the wrong diagnosis. While acute pesticide poisoning may not be…
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In the Field: New Migrant Clinician Training for Medical Residents at University of Minnesota

Jul 30, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, medical residents at the University of Minnesota’s Global Health Pathway track began an innovative new month-long rotation, entitled, Global is Local: Mobile Migrant Farmworker Health…
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Five on Friday | July 24, 2015

Jul 24, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The offices of Migrant Clinicians Network are spread out over several states, the main one being in Austin, TX, and the other very small “satellite” offices on both West and East Coasts. Each of our…
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Huge Win for Farmworkers: Washington State Piece-Rate Workers To Get Paid Rest Breaks

Jul 20, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The Washington State Supreme Court last week determined that farmworkers who are paid piece rate wages deserve paid rest breaks. The unanimous decision in the case, Demetrio et al. v. Sakuma Brothers…
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Five on Friday | July 10, 2015

Jul 10, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Our work is focused on migrants in the US, but that work necessarily encompasses borders that are thousands of miles away. This week’s Five on Friday takes us around the world and into our own…
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Five on Friday | July 3, 2015

Jul 2, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Proud to be in America? Yes! Last week, in a statement regarding the Supreme Court decision requiring states to recognize same-sex marriage, President Obama said, “Today should give us hope that, on…
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MCN Offers New Bilingual Picture Dictionary for Health & Safety in Agriculture

Jun 30, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network is very pleased to offer you a new suite of materials to prevent workplace injury -- all for free. Our Spanish-English Bilingual Picture Dictionary, Seguridad en Palabras…
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Five on Friday | June 26, 2015

Jun 26, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Let’s celebrate! Three out of five of our Five on Friday selections are clear wins for migrants workers and immigrants in the US, leading to greater workplace protections and better access to health…
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Farmworkers Arrive in Washington DC to Push for Stronger Worker Protections

Jun 22, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In the countdown to the finalization of the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard, what farmworkers and migrant clinicians want to share with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is what it’s…
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Five on Friday | June 19, 2015

Jun 19, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Our “Five on Friday” blog posts are always a joyous reminder of how many organizations are working toward the same goals: health justice, a voice for marginalized populations like the mobile poor,…
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From the Field: Workers and Health at Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida

Jun 4, 2015
By: KerryBrennan
What a great day! It’s very exciting and rejuvenating to have trips like these. At the beginning of the year, I was struggling to finish an 80-page report for this project. In those moments, you…