在阴影中工作:南俄勒冈州林业部门的安全和健康。

IF 1.8 3区 农林科学 Q2 FORESTRY
Journal of Forestry Pub Date : 2015-05-01 Epub Date: 2015-03-12 DOI:10.5849/jof.13-076
Carl Wilmsen, Diane Bush, Dinorah Barton-Antonio
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引用次数: 19

摘要

我们进行了一项小型参与性调查,记录了俄勒冈州南部150名森林工人的职业伤害和疾病、医疗、工资问题和一般工作条件,他们大多是来自拉丁美洲的讲西班牙语的移民。我们采用滚雪球抽样法进行调查。调查结果显示,在接受我们调查的工人中,工伤率很高。结果还表明,许多在杰克逊和约瑟芬县获得许可的林业服务承包商可能并不总是遵守劳动法。绝大多数接受调查的员工表示,他们担心举报受伤会遭到报复。在报告的工作条件和工资问题上,持H-2B签证的工人与样本中的其他工人没有差异。这一发现表明,由于森林工人的结构性脆弱性——他们在移民和经济地位支持下的社会结构中的地位较低——加上对报复的恐惧,目前的美国劳工、健康和安全法律并没有有效地保护俄勒冈州的森林工人。移民政策和执法实践有助于创造一个具有这些固有脆弱性和权力不平衡的劳工制度,需要进一步审查和改变。
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Working in the Shadows: Safety and Health in Forestry Services in Southern Oregon.

Working in the Shadows: Safety and Health in Forestry Services in Southern Oregon.

We conducted a small participatory survey to document occupational injuries and illnesses, medical treatment, wage issues, and general working conditions among 150 forest workers in southern Oregon who are mostly Spanish-speaking immigrants from Latin America. We used snowball sampling in administering the survey. Survey results showed a high rate of job-related injury among the workers who responded to our survey. Results also suggested that many forestry services contractors licensed in Jackson and Josephine counties may not always follow labor laws. The vast majority of workers surveyed reported being fearful of retaliation for reporting injuries. There were no differences in reported working conditions and wage issues between workers with H-2B visas and other workers in the sample. This finding suggests that current US labor and health and safety laws are not effectively protecting Oregon's forest workers, owing to forest workers' structural vulnerability-their low positioning in social structures supported by immigration and economic status-compounded by fear of retaliation. Immigration policies and enforcement practices that contribute to creating a labor system with these inherent vulnerabilities and power imbalances need to be further examined and changed.

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Journal of Forestry
Journal of Forestry 农林科学-林学
CiteScore
4.90
自引率
8.70%
发文量
45
审稿时长
>24 weeks
期刊介绍: The Journal of Forestry is the most widely circulated scholarly forestry journal in the world. In print since 1902, the mission of the Journal of Forestry is to advance the profession of forestry by keeping forest management professionals informed about significant developments and ideas in the many facets of forestry. The Journal is published bimonthly: January, March, May, July, September, and November.
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