farmworkers
According to the fruits of their labor
August 18, 2010A photo-essay about blueberry workers in eastern Maine by photojournalist David Bacon resurrected my own memories of picking blueberries in Maine as a young boy.
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Farmworkers fight for rights in the tobacco fields
August 4, 2010GREENSBORO, N.C. - Nine migrant farmworkers have died in fields across the state from heat stroke, and others suffer from nicotine poisoning and exposure to deadly chemicals.
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Why working in the fields is no laughing matter
July 27, 2010Recently, Arturo Rodriguez, president of the United Farm Workers, appeared on Comedy Central's Steven Colbert Report to encourage U.S. workers to take jobs in agriculture.
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Farmworkers to Colbert Nation: “Take our jobs”
July 8, 2010United Farm Worker union president takes the immigration issue to Stephen Colbert with a "Take Our Jobs" campaign.
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Child labor in the U.S.A.
June 16, 2010How inviting it looks, the fruit laid out for us in grocery stores and supermarkets in a profusion of bright color.
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