"Federally, these workers face harsh immigration laws. Statewide, there is minimal oversight on laws already on the books to protect farmworkers. Locally, no one is paying attention."
"Farmworkers are being sexually assaulted and poisoned on the job. Why aren’t we helping them?" - Lookout Local Santa Cruz
"Generally, one-third are women and — if the SPLC and UC Davis study is correct — it means 3,300-4,400 people will be assaulted in our backyard without a single report.
Assault is not the only workplace toxin our farmworkers face.
They are also regularly exposed to environmental toxins in the form of pesticides — which our community’s agricultural giants regularly use on crops, particularly strawberries, blackberries and raspberries. Scientific studies verify the devastating impact pesticides have on farmworkers — and on their children."
~ A. A. Lopez
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