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Like Machines in the Fields: Workers without Rights in American Agriculture
| Title: | Like Machines in the Fields: Workers without Rights in American Agriculture | | Author: | | | Date Published: | March 15, 2004 | | Source: | Oxfam America, Make Trade Fair campaign | | PDF: |  | | Abstract: | This Oxfam America report exposes how brand name buyers are undermining labor standards by in the United States fresh produce industry by squeezing their supply chain to provide cheaper products and stricter standards. Under this arrangement, producers must substantially reduce their labor costs or be forced out of business and workers are paying the price by working harder for less money under more hazardous conditions. |
Learn more about Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign and Oxfam America's farm labor advocacy work. |
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