"The question is, who gets to be human?"

"These Valley Girls Have Farmworker Solidarity" – The Cooper Point Journal

https://www.cooperpointjournal.com/2022/10/27/these-valley-girls-have-farmworker-solidarity/

"Near the end of the teach-in Edgar said 'policy aside, because policy was never designed to work for us in the first place. The question is, who gets to be human?…We can’t do this alone if we are fighting for Farmworker Justice.' Bringing up another point, during the pandemic farmworkers were told that they were 'essential workers' but were given no hazard pay and no healthcare. This work is deemed essential, but the treatment of the workers suggests anything but. Last year they fought for and got paid overtime through legislation, though their standard work week is still over 50 hours but promises have been made to transition to a 40 hour work week. While this is great progress, it is only the beginning."

~ Grace Selvig