Thursday, July 11, 2024

Perhaps it is an economic as well as an educational matter?

"'This is about basic human rights, and it's also about treating these workers as the valuable contributors to the state's $104.7 billion agricultural economy that they are. They are not afforded the same protections as other workers with federal and state occupational health and safety rules, and the treatment reported by some is dehumanizing and unhealthy,' Iglesias-Rios said."

"Behind Michigan's abundant agricultural economy are farmworkers facing poor living conditions"

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-07-michigan-abundant-agricultural-economy-farmworkers.html

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