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Extreme heat drives nighttime farming

Extreme heat pushes more farmworkers to harvest at night, creating new risks

Working in the dark may help agricultural workers keep cool, but safety advocates worry the trend could also be causing more accidents and compromising worker health.

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Credit: Michigan Farmworker Project

Op-ed: Farmworkers’ vicious cycle of precarious employment, exploitation and climate change

“We cannot be complacent with the exploitation of these vulnerable workers.”

She was sold to a man when she was 15 years old, had a baby and eventually was rescued. She was Guadalupe Martinez Rios, my grandmother.

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Crédito: Michigan Farmworker Project

Empleos precarizados, explotación y cambio climático: un pez que se muerde la cola para los trabajadores agrícolas

“No podemos ser cómplices de la explotación de estos trabajadores vulnerables”

Fue vendida a un hombre cuando tenía 15 años, tuvo un bebé y eventualmente fue rescatada.

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