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How farmworkers are fighting extreme heat | Jon Esformes and Gerardo Reyes Chávez
Jul 13, 2024
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Farm manager Jon Esformes and farmworker Gerardo Reyes Chávez collaborate to improve working conditions by combating extreme heat and exploitation in the farming industry. They discuss the importance of partnership, worker empowerment, and implementing safety measures to protect laborers and create more humane working conditions worldwide.
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- The collaboration between Jon Esformes and Gerardo Reyes Chávez led to the creation of the Fair Food Program, ensuring safer working conditions for farmworkers in extreme heat.
- The Fair Food Program's model of empowering workers to report problems and monitor their rights has become a blueprint for a 21st century human rights revolution across different industries globally.
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Partnership to Protect Farm Workers from Heat-Related Dangers
Collaboration between farmer John S. Forms and farm worker advocate Gerardo Reyes Chavez led to the creation of the Fair Food Program (FFP) in 2010. This program aimed to ensure safer working conditions for farm workers, particularly addressing the threat of extreme heat. By harnessing the market power of major food corporations, the FFP empowered workers to report problems, leading to a significant reduction in abuses and the implementation of strong workplace heat rules.
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