Excluded from Federal CARES Act, Essential Farmworkers Face Major Workplace Hazards & Hardships

Interview with David Bacon, a writer, photographer and former union organizer, conducted by Scott Harris

Mr. Bacon discuss the plight of U.S. farmworkers in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and examine how the U.S. food/agricultural production system is critically dependent on these men and women, and the inadequate or non-existent federal support for these farmworker families during this current crisis.

David is also the author of “The Right to Stay Home: How US Policy Drives Mexican Migration,” and “Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants.”

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