Episode #94 Notes
:30 The political-economic context for farm workers in the US, and its exclusion from labor laws.
3:00 How does immigration policy related to farm worker rights?
6:00 Where do a lot of farm workers come from in the US?
8:30 On agriculture in the Skagit Valley in Washington State.
12:30 On recent farm worker labor unrest and organizing in Washington State.
20:00 How have farm workers been treated during COVID?
27:00 How has climate change and extreme heat impacted farm workers?
33:00 How are farm workers organizing around food soverignty?
40:00 Closing thoughts.
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