Friday, July 08, 2022

People can & should be treated better than that

"Study Says California Employers Failed to Keep Food, Farmworkers Safe From COVID"| KQED

https://www.kqed.org/news/11918981/study-says-california-employers-failed-to-keep-food-farmworkers-safe-from-covid

“Oftentimes the fines will be reduced or eliminated,” she said. “We know that the food production employers — and the companies they’re producing for — have very powerful legal teams to reduce the fines.”

~ Lil Kalish

https://www.kqed.org/news/11918981/study-says-california-employers-failed-to-keep-food-farmworkers-safe-from-covid

"The companies’ violations often included failure to provide and implement a health and safety system, which is required by a 1991 state law, the study said.

The report describes food production workers as those working in meat packing, dairy operations and agriculture — primarily Black, Latino, and Indigenous people, and often undocumented immigrants."


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