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Sexual violence is a pervasive threat for female farm workers

Aug. 1 (UPI) --Television crime shows often are set in cities, but in its third season, ABC's American Crime took a different tack. It opened on a tomato farm in North Carolina, where it showed a ...
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Sexual Violence Is a Pervasive Threat for Female Farm Workers. Here’s How the U.S. Could Reduce Their Risk

More than three-quarters of female farm workers have experienced sexual harassment at work. U.S. lawmakers can and should do more to protect them, say researchers. Farmworkers weed a field of peppers.
Los Angeles Times

Exploitation, retaliation, alarming conditions: Inside the crisis at West Coast mushroom farms

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. — There had been rumors swirling that the mostly female workforce at the mushroom farm in Sunnyside, Wash., was getting replaced with men, but Isela Cabrera tried to keep her head ...
Salon

It’s been a big year for the labor movement. What about farmworkers?

With major strikes in entertainment, logistics and more, 2023 has been a year of high visibility for the labor movement. Even in industries that have long combatted workers’ attempts to organize, like ...
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Sexual violence is a pervasive threat for female farm workers

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While violence against women in agriculture may seem like an issue mainly experienced in developing countries, the truth is that ...
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Sexual violence is a pervasive threat for female farm workers – here's how the US could reduce their risk

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mexican migrant workers harvest parsley on a farm in Wellington, Colo. John Moore/Getty Images Television crime shows often are ...