Por: Los Angeles Times Nation August 16, 2023
One morning this summer, several days into temperatures above 110 degrees in this farming community, Socorro Galvez, 53, began to feel weak as she picked grapes in the suffocating heat. The green vines suddenly looked yellow, her sweat turned cold and she felt like she was going to faint. It happened again, just before the end of her shift. Each time, she sat for a while and got back to work. When she returned home to her mobile home that... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion August 15, 2023
In the waning days of the legislative session, Gov. Mills made a decision that outraged farmworkers, many farmers and those across the state who care about basic human rights – she that would have finally extended the state minimum wage to cover farmworkers, made them... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Nation July 12, 2023
Workers harvest a blueberry crop in Washington County. Ellsworth American file photo Legislation that aims to improve the wages and working conditions of farmworkers in Maine now awaits action by Gov. Janet Mills. Approved by the House and Senate last week, L.D. 398 would... + más
Orlando Sentinel USA Crime March 19, 2023
Farmworkers were leading a five-day, 45-mile trek on foot this week from one of the poorest communities in Florida to a mansion-lined, oceanfront town that is one of the richest in an effort to pressure retailers to leverage their purchasing power for better worker pay and... + más
Farmworkers use Florida march to pressure other companies | WPLG Local 10
The Boston Globe USA Nation March 18, 2023
Associated Press USA Business March 17, 2023
Farmworkers were leading a five-day, 45-mile (72-kilometer) trek on foot this week from one of the poorest communities in Florida to a mansion-lined, oceanfront town that is one of the richest in an effort to pressure retailers to leverage their purchasing power for better... + más
WPLG Local 10 USA Nation March 17, 2023
Portland Press Herald USA World March 17, 2023
Farmworkers and allies march through agricultural land in Pahokee, Fla., on Tuesday, the first day of a five-day trek aimed at highlighting the Fair Food Program, which has enlisted retailers to use their clout with growers to ensure better working conditions and wages for... + más
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