美国出台夏季留学生工作新规(1/2)
概述：美国夏季工作旅游项目修改招工条例，防止劳动力被剥削Hints:
Summer Work Travel program
State Department
J-1
Exchange Visitor Program
Hershey's
Palmyra
Pennsylvania
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注解：心月伊然
组长：天地一沙鸥wp
答疑：心月伊然http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201206/201206030842372188816.mp3More than 100,000 international students will spend this summer working and traveling in the United States. They are participating in the Summer Work Travel program through the State Department. They receive J-1 exchange visitor visas.
The idea is for students to work for up to three months and earn enough money to then spend a month traveling before they return home.
The Exchange Visitor Program, aims to increase global understanding through educational and cultural exchanges.
The Summer Work Travel program has existed for years. This year there are some changes. The State Department recently amended the employment rules. These changes follow a strike last summer by foreign students working at a distribution center for Hershey's chocolates.
The State Department said the students were put to work for long hours in jobs that provided little or no contact with the outside world. The students complained about having to lift heavy boxes and to work overnight.
They and other workers protested conditions at the plant in Palmyra, Pennsylvania. The students also complained about being underpaid as a result of deductions from their earnings. Some of their pay had to go to subcontractors involved in the operations.今年夏天，将有超过10万名的留学生去美国工作及旅游。他们正参加一个由美国国务院通过的美国暑期带薪实习旅游项目(Summer Work Travel program)，并顺利拿到J-1游客交换签证(J-1 exchange visitor visa)。
这一活动初衷是让学生参与为期3个月的工作，在回家之前，挣到足够旅游一个月的花费。
交换访客计划 (Exchange Visitor Program)目的在于通过教育以及文化的交流增进国际间的相互了解。
美国暑期带薪实习旅游项目已经运行了若干年。今年将有一些变化。美国国务院最近修正了雇佣条款。去年夏天，好时(Hershey's)巧克力配发中心工作的外国留学生发起的罢工运动，引发了这些改变。
美国国务院表示，这些外国留学生被迫工作很长时间，而他们的工作与外界联系很少，甚至没有接触。这些学生抱怨他们在工作中必须提重箱子，还要熬夜。
他们和其他的工人一起，抗议宾夕法尼亚州(Pennsylvania)Palmyra工厂的工作环境。这些学生还抱怨因为收入被克扣导致工资太低。他们的一些报酬不可避免的落入了参与经营的子承包商的口袋里。
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