Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
“One of the nation’s largest pork processing facilities is shutting down indefinitely after over 230 employees tested positive for COVID-19, bolstering concerns about food supply chain problems that have left farmers, food banks, grocery stores, and agricultural and food service workers scrambling to keep crops harvested, shelves stocked, and people fed during the coronavirus pandemic.” …
Farmworkers deserve hazard pay, not reduced wages. “Farmworkers have been labeled essential during the pandemic, and some have feared there could be a food shortage if the industry is not properly taken care of as the virus spreads.” Trump admin looks to cut farmworker pay to help industry during pandemic: report THE HILL: By Brooke …
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Great reason to stop the growth in tourism, event centers, water mining by big wine, industrialization of our rural neighborhoods, living wages and treatment of laborers. https://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2017/05/napas-worker-squeeze-tightens Tougher rules around immigrant labor could see a hike in wine prices in California’s wine heartland. By W. Blake Gray | Posted Saturday, 13-May-2017 Compared to other farm regions, …