Read the assign readings, lecture notes and lecture audio to answer the following question.
“Some activists and scholars, and the workers themselves, have argued that seasonal agricultural workers should be allowed to access Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in their home countries. First, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, please briefly summarize the arguments for extending EI to seasonal agricultural workers. Second, do you think that these workers should be eligible for EI? Please limit your response to 150 words.”

Geraldina Polanco, “Globalizing ‘Immobile’ Worksites: Fast Food under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program,” in Choudry and Smith, Unfree Labour?, 71-86.

Adriana Paz Ramirez and Jennifer Jihye Chun, “Struggling against History: Migrant Farmworker Organizing in British Columbia,” in Choudry and Smith, Unfree Labour?, 87-104.

Chris Ramsaroop, “The Case for Unemployment Insurance Benefits for Migrant Agricultural Workers in Canada,” in Choudry and Smith, Unfree Labour?, 105-122.