The industrialization of tobacco in the U.S. encompasses colonization, slavery, and its latest victim: migrant farmworkers
There is an unbroken line from the economic conditions developed to protect chattel slavery to the legal structures that allow for the abuse and exploitation of migrant farmworkers today
The legislation has strayed far from its initial model of labor-minded price floors and supply management to creep into the corners of federal institutions where structural racism thrives
Lawmakers are pushing some of the most aggressive immigration legislation in the history of the state
An 18-month investigation found that the H-2A visa program—derived from the infamous Bracero Program—is rife with wage theft and exploitation
Those who tout the “benefits” of child labor reinforce white supremacist, capitalist systems that are rooted in American slavery
Farmworkers in California are losing income due to drought and extreme weather but have little support from the state
Faced with grueling hours, wage theft, and dangerous working conditions, dairy farmers are fighting for better pay, labor rights, and worker protections
For decades, the labor movement has treated undocumented workers as “unorganizable.” Now these workers are doing some of the most innovative labor organizing in the U.S.
“Every year it gets hotter.”
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is pressuring Wendy’s shareholders to guarantee worker protections
Preservationists hope fiber arts can connect Black Americans to the land and safeguard the future of Black agrarian culture
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