Michigan’s migrant farmworkers are the backbone of the country’s second-most diverse agricultural economy. Social and labor protections for them fall short.
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Agriculture is one of the most dangerous industries in the US, with workers exposed to vehicles, chemicals and heavy equipment. Women working on farms face another risk: sexual assault.
Starting Feb. 6, 2020, California farmers will be barred from using chlorpyrifos on their crops. The Trump administration says more study is needed, but other states are also moving ahead.
Since Reconstruction, states have leased prisoners to US industries. That diminished in the 20th century, but now it’s resurging, with prisoners leased to harvest food for American consumers.
A researcher takes a closer look at the millions of unauthorized workers who play an essential role in the U.S. economy – and why they matter.
Female migrant farm workers across North America are vulnerable to sexual abuse and assault because the systems set up to temporarily employ them offer no protections or access to citizenship.
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College Professor of Anthropology, Okanagan College
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Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Victoria
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Director of Cornell Farmworker Program, Cornell University
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Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
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Ph.D. Candidate in Rural Sociology & International Agriculture and Development, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State
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Assistant Director of the Program in Community Action, Connecticut College
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Food Systems Geographer, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Research Investigator, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan