https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/1066919586166173698

Migrant workers were pressured into working in dangerous conditions during the wildfires. The payment structure for farmworkers incentivizes them to work through legally required breaks, something that was already under scrutiny due to a string of heat related deaths. Farms have been noncompliant or insufficiently compliant with providing workers with safety equipment and information. There have been a lot of awful stories coming out of the fires but this is really, really atrocious.

805undocufund is fundraising for migrant workers and their families. If you’re able to give something, please do.

working-class-worm:

iron-sunrise:

sale-aholic:

Perhaps the people that claim “immigrants are taking their jobs” should go work on those farms.

Lets talk about how easy it was for them to suddenly go above exploitation wages.

Source: sale-aholic

700,000 Female Farmworkers Say They Stand With Hollywood Actors Against Sexual Assault

cheltrei:

We do not work under bright stage lights or on the big screen. We work in the shadows of society in isolated fields and packinghouses that are out of sight and out of mind for most people in this country. Your job feeds souls, fills hearts and spreads joy. Our job nourishes the nation with the fruits, vegetables and other crops that we plant, pick and pack.