Tuesday, May 25, 2010


A Campaign for Fair Food:The Coalition of Immokalee Workers
--NPR--May 21, 2010


At today’s piece rate, Florida farmworkers have to pick more than two-and-a-half tons of tomatoes to earn the equivalent of Florida’s minimum wage for a 10-hour workday. And, because of exclusions from key labor reform measures, farmworkers do not have the right to overtime pay, nor the right to organize and collectively bargain with their employers. (cont...)

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