The Associated Press found more than a dozen accidents that left at least 38 dead and nearly 200 injured just since January 2015.
Investigative (NATIONAL)
Allen G. Breed
Associated Press (AP)
December 20, 2016
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Tags: Farm and Migrant Workers, Workers Rights
Organizations mentioned/involved: Southern Migrant Legal Services (SMLS), California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLAF)
Investigative (NATIONAL)
Allen G. Breed
Associated Press (AP)
December 20, 2016
READ THE FULL STORY HERE
Tags: Farm and Migrant Workers, Workers Rights
Organizations mentioned/involved: Southern Migrant Legal Services (SMLS), California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLAF)
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The casualties included a 4-year-old and a 5-year-old, traveling with migrant worker parents.
Grim as it is, the AP’s tally is almost certainly a significant undercount.
“I think there’s more unregistered, improperly insured, unsafe transportation out there for farmworkers than … 20 years ago,” says attorney Greg Schell, deputy director of Southern Migrant Legal Services.
A big reason, he and others contend: Rarely are those who profit most from this cheap labor made to pay. Instead, it is the families of people like Jose Chavez who lose.