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Nathanael Johnson
SavorTooth
Important piece from @YCabreraOC - unless by some miracle we provide better housing I fear the people that harvest our food are going to get sick:https://grist.org/justice/farmworkers-are-risking-their-lives-to-feed-a-nation-on-lockdown/ For more on
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ft
ft_variations
Nothing illustrates the structural and systematic insanity of late capitalism like the idea that a giant pile of perfectly good food is some kind of complex economic and moral quandary.
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Eric Levitz
EricLevitz
Once you acknowledge the plain fact that the U.S. has deliberately engineered -- and maintained for over a century -- an agricultural system dependent on migrant labor, you see that
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Insider News
insidernews
[Thread] About half of the 2.4 million farmworkers in the US don’t have legal status, yet they’re risking contracting #COVID19 to supply the nation’s food. These farmworkers plow, pick, and
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Suzy Khimm
SuzyKhimm
NEW: Trump has cracked down on nearly every immigration & visa program — except for temporary farmworkers.I spent 6 months investigating the shocking mistreatment of these guest workers on American farms,
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Dr Sarah Taber
SarahTaber_bww
Your family isn't treating you like shit because they're "forced" to by economics.They're doing that because they're a shitty family.Let them have the dignity of their choice, & make your
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Farai Chideya
farai
Real talk here/ What Happens if America’s 2.5 Million Farmworkers Get Sick?https://nyti.ms/2UYYIb1 "A century ago in “The Jungle,” Upton Sinclair wrote about how the teeming tenements and meatpacking houses where
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United Farm Workers
UFWupdates
Aguileo says, I want to tell you about what we do in the fields & how important it is. When you have fruits & vegetables on your table, it’s due
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Frangible Masculinity
kai_tave
I gotta say it is extremely wild watching the Free Market Defense Crew stumble over the extremely basic concept that if you cannot attract workers with the wages you're offering
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Adriana Heldiz
aheldiz
I've spent the last couple of weeks talking to farmworkers, farmers and others in #SanDiego's agricultural industry to better understand how #COVID19 is affecting their lives. Here's what I found.
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ardnola
Alondra1forever
THIS IS SKILLED LABOR NOT ANYONE CAN DO THIS TYPE OF JOB, THEY NEED TO BE GETTING PAID CORPORATE LEVEL SALARIES AND HEALTHCARE. This job comprises their physical health, they
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Domestic Workers
domesticworkers
In times of crisis, we organize. All over the country folks are hustling to protect workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis, all while fighting for long-term solutions. Here
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Kevin Collins
kwcollins
Just like sending troops to the American border right before the 2018 elections, Trump's order banning immigration is an obvious political play that both offers no meaningful help on problems
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Vanessa García Polanco, MS
vgpvisions
For this #FoodJusticeFriday once again a reminder of how #coronavirus and inequalities in the #foodsystem are creating dangerous conditions to farmworkers, essential food and frontline workers. #farmworkersareessential #immigrantsfeedus htt
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Tumelo Warona
TumeloWabantu
Thread on South African Farmworkers Who Were Killed by Their Racist Farm Bosses. January 2018, a 42-year-old farmworker, Aron Mutavatshindi was shot and killed, allegedly by his employer, on a
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Dr Sarah Taber
SarahTaber_bww
Fun fact: in the US, farmworkers have always equalled or outnumbered farmers, including today!https://twitter.com/UrOrientalist/status/1378673871944040454 For those asking "but aren't farmworkers the REAL farmers??"That's
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