#Farmworkers

Nathanael Johnson

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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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.

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

[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

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,

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

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

United Farm Workers

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

Frangible Masculinity

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

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.

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

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

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

Vanessa García Polanco, MS

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

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

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