Unlocking Opportunities: How Non-US Citizens Can Start a Business in America

 Exploitation and non-recognition of cultural clout, smh

 Migrant workers, who, like, besides doing labor stuff, bring a whole bunch of cultural resources like education, skills, know-how, and other qualifications from their home country to the country they move to, might be at risk of getting treated badly and taken advantage of. They might also get hit with a major devaluing or not getting recognized for their cultural clout, even though they got mad legit credentials that are recognized worldwide (Kofman and Raghuram, 2005, 2006; Williams, 2006). The survey in Scotland vibes that A8 migrant workers, like farm migrants, are mad qualified, with almost 20% flexing a postgrad degree (Glasgow City Council, 2007:31).

The A2 nationals had to get a worker authorization document to snag any job in the UK/Scotland. But like, the restrictions were totally lifted by the end of 2013, ya know? This is like, super cool, cuz A2 nationals can just come and work in the UK/Scotland without any worker authorization and they can totally switch jobs whenever they want, all year round. It's like total freedom, you know? The opps to come to work in the UK/Scotland from A2 countries were mad limited, fam. Only two schemes for high-key skilled and skilled workers, and two-quota based schemes for low-key jobs in the agri and food processing areas. OMG, now that work restrictions are like totally lifted for both A8 and A2 seasonal farm workers, it's like a major concern for farmers, you know? and growers are shook over the loss of SAWS cuz migrant farm workers might not be down to do seasonal farm work anymore and might be more into other jobs outside farming. But like, most of the seasonal ag workers from SAWS used to be on farms for, like, around 22 weeks on average. Since the EU got hella bigger in 2004, there's been mad more Central and East European migrant farm workers, especially from the A8 countries. 

Work done by Migrant farm Workers/ SAWS Workers, y'all!

These migrant farm workers (SAWS, A8 and A2workers) and those from East and Central Europe before EU enlargement in 2004 were doing some pretty basic jobs like planting and gathering crops, processing and packing crops on the farm, and taking care of livestock. A mad amount of work is spent on picking and packing crops, fam. Their work is like, hella manual, repetitive, and physically demanding and they do it in like, super uncomfortable conditions, you know? The majority of SAWS seasonal workers are usually chillin' on the campsite at the farm or in caravans made by farmers/growers, hostels, or portacabins. Although they can choose to flex in their own crib, the reason they gotta live on-site and on farms is to stay on top of those lit supermarket orders. Such workers gotta be hella flexible with their shifts, ya know? Gotta go with the flow and match the supply and demand vibes. They gotta flex with extra work on the lowkey and can get called up 24/7, no cap. Farmers be hirin' seasonal farm workers straight up; sometimes they use SAWS operators, other labour providers or gangmasters. Some farmers be hittin' up employment agencies like HOPS and Concordia, ya know? Big farms have their own lit recruitment schemes to hire UK and EU peeps.SAWS workers couldn't stay in Britain and had to find another gig once their contracts were up. They were totally vibin' for like five weeks to six months max, ya know? Just doin' their thing on their work visa, you feel?If this is the tea, it assumes whether they're down to flex their hustle and clout for that paper or to secure the bag and get hired as basic workers for low-key jobs.SAWS workers weren't allowed to flex in other sectors, but they could switch between farms with the operator's permission. On the other hand, migrant farm workers from A8 countries have been vibin' with the freedom to move and work in the UK since May 2004. 

Social connections and relationships

Migrant farm workers are like, totally socialized into a whole different set of cultural values that might not vibe with the standards of the host community, ya know? They be workin' in agri/horti, doin' all the stuff like growin', raisin', cultivatin', and harvestin' the farm goodies. They be out here operating and using farm machinery, equipment, or materials to process and pack the products of agricultural operation. The vibes, lingo, grub, and vibes of the country of migration are hella different from what they face in a new country. At first, they might feel hella disconnected and lonely, partly cuz they're all up in their own bubble and partly cuz they can't access all the services in the new country for various reasons. Research done in the UK found that SAWS workers were all about that hustle to make bank while they were on-site, so they tended to keep to themselves. They were totally down to stay on-site so they could be ready for any extra work that might come their way, ya know? (Spencer, et al., 2007). If money is the migration flex it defo has an impact on the whole vibe of inclusion/exclusion. Farm workers as peeps getting services may choose to ditch social connections and relationships, hanging with other peeps and vibing with local communities that mess with social inclusion to make sure everyone has equal chances.