Non-Citizens and US Businesses: Opportunities and Challenges

Yo, like, mad orgs, including CAB, be straight  up calling on the UK Gov to tweak the structure and functions of these agencies and schemes, ya feel?

 They've also asked the gov to peep and update employment laws to make sure migrant workers aren't getting exploited by their bosses (Migrant InfoSource, 2008; Spencer, et al., 2007).I asked my peeps if they found any obstacles to equal vibes of cultural clout. The majority of peeps said they've come across mad obstacles. Two peeps ghosted on answering this q. The barriers include like language problem, the farmers having way too much power, the government having no control, society being so unfair, workers' knowledge and skills not being recognized, and just straight up discrimination and workplace drama. These were like, hella common themes/sub-themes that came up in the interviews, ya know? Celina spilled the tea to me:

One of the barriers is, like, employers having a total misconception about their migrant farm workers, you know? Most employers be thinkin' migrant farm workers be lowkey unskilled wit' language and other barriers, ya feel me? Evidence from policy interviews suggests that there are like, so many obstacles to like, equal valuations of cultural capital because, like, authorities are all about workers who can, like, speak really well and stuff, which migrant farm workers don't, like, have. The tea also spills that migrant workers gotta flex their farming skills, ya know? OMG, like, local / native workers totally slay at English and they're all about that local farming and its business and market, so they score the most skilled and glam jobs. Yas queen! Yet even with good English language skills, Jakub argued that there were mad barriers that prevented the recognition and protection of migrants’ cultural capital. He was like: One of the biggest vibes is that so many employers are just way too powerful, like, it's a whole mood. They be thinkin' migrant farm workers don't know squat 'bout their equal rights and equal opps. This is why they don't even care if workers are treated unfairly or go through sexual, physical, and mental abuse from their bosses.

Dalena be like:

Ayo, the government be straight up lacking control when it comes to orgs responsible for recruitin' and placin' migrant workers in the public, private, and volunteer sectors. It's like a major roadblock to havin' equal respect for cultural capital, ya feel me? Ausra was like, "Yo, it's society's fault for creating mad barriers to equal valuations of cultural capital, fam." She thought her low-key job that pays surprisingly gucci would be a temporary vibe for her. She was hustlin' to level up her job game while dealing with the struggle of her cultural clout and low-key basic job. In 2011, she went to this lit course at a local College to level up her reading, writing, and communication skills in English 'cause she thought not being fluent might hold her back from getting a sick job. Since then, she's been lowkey struggling to secure a lit job, but it's been hella complicated. She totally called out society for not giving migrant's cultural capital the same respect as they do for the locals' cultural capital. SMH. OMG, like Zoran totally went through it! There are so many obstacles that, like, totally exist between different groups when it comes to valuing migrants' cultural capital. It's, like, not cool at all. Zoran's story lowkey shows that employers/farmers not recognizing the knowledge, qualifications, and skills of farm workers is a major roadblock to equality and giving cultural capital its due respect. Migrant workers' mad skills in the agri/horti game and their willingness to grind with long hours shows they're straight up talented. 

Suh skills should totally enable them to be skilled AF job candidates to go on to employment later in their career, ya know? 

Yo, there's, like, mad demand for skilled jobs, but finding them is a total struggle compared to unskilled gigs. It's all 'cause migrants' cultural capital doesn't get recognized, fam. Farm workers are still hella considered unskilled no matter what cultural flex they have or bring with them from the country of their origin. They be gettin' jobs but them jobs ain't well paid, ya know? Zoran thought direct discrimination was, like, a major buzzkill to the equal valuations of cultural capital, ya know?Lina spilled the tea: I wanted to flex my packaging knowledge with my supervisor, ya feel me? I flexed on everyone with my mad skills on how to pack herbs and label them. No cap. I got clowned for flexing my mad practical knowledge/expertise. OMG, it was like so unexpected and that was like the beginning of my whole journey about cultural capital equality in the workplace.

Daniel was like, "Yo, let's chat about equality and cultural capital, fam." He was like, totally skeptical about the whole equality of cultural capital thing, ya know? He spilled the tea about his whack experience with cultural capital equality, fam: