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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of farm labor for our economy and our food system. But the people who plant, tend, and harvest America's food are still excluded from most federal labor protections. The estimated 47% of farmworkers who are undocumented are especially vulnerable to abuse, dangerous conditions, and exploitation on the job. Activists in the Washington region and across the nation are pushing for higher wages, stronger workplace safety protections, overtime pay, and unemployment benefits for farmworkers.
What do we owe these most essential workers? |