LISTEN: Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos on advocating for migrant farmworkers’ rights - News Summed Up

LISTEN: Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos on advocating for migrant farmworkers’ rights


Case in point is the situation of H-2A farm workers with visas and legal contracts, and they're highly exploited. These regulations, to me, seem outdated, given the vast evidence on pesticide exposure in farm workers, but they are in compliance with federal law. Lisbeth Iglesias-RíosYes, just so just to give a little bit of context of the Michigan Farm Worker project. Like the big example is in Florida, the Immokalee farm workers, they are unionized. Brian BienkowskiAnd before we get to some fun stuff, where can people find the Michigan Farm Worker project?


Source: CBC News June 28, 2023 09:50 UTC



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