Peter Riley
"Tolpuddle" REMIX
In 1834, farmworkers in Tolpuddle, on the south coast of England, tried to organize a union and were deported to Australia for it. A massive, ultimately successful movement grew to bring them home.
https://jacobin.com/2024/06/caste-oppression-dalits-agriculture-punjab
#Capitalism #agricultureworkers #caste #Dalit #Exploitation #oppression #Punjab #Sikh
The Fight Against Caste Oppression Can Unite Indian Workers
The Indian state of Punjab shows us that caste oppression owes far more to material interests than it does to inherited religious ideologies. A movement of Dalit rural workers offers a powerful example of how that oppression can be challenged today.
THE HUMAN COST OF A STRAWBERRY WAGE By David Bacon #Photography
https://davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-human-cost-of-strawberry-wage.html
MusiqueNow 
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#Kenya to send 1,500 #agricultureworkers to Israel amid #farmlabour shortage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KMKaxfPU6M
The arrangement is problematic and exploitative.
#PermanentCeasefireNOW
#CessezLeFeu
#CessateIlFuoco
#EndTheOccupationNOW🇵🇸
Kenya, don't do it!!!!
Kenya to send 1,500 agriculture workers to Israel amid farm labour shortage
CelloMom On Cars#Washington state:
"The requirements include workers being able to take paid rest breaks.
Temps over 100 degrees require breaks every 15 minutes of every hour and temperatures over 90 would require paid rest breaks for 10 minutes for every two hours. The law also requires employers to always offer “suitably cool” drinking #water to their workers and provide access to #shade at all times when workers are present."
#AgricultureWorkers #heat #LaborProtection
https://www.agweb.com/news/livestock/dairy/now-effect-new-permanent-heat-rules-washington-state-outdoor-workers
Now in Effect: New Permanent Heat Rules for Washington State Outdoor Workers
With the exclusion of firefighters and other personnel responding to emergencies, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) is now issuing a permanent heat rule effective July 17 for outdoor workers.
EURACTIV AgrifoodCommission admits weaknesses of farm funds’ social pillar https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/commission-admits-weaknesses-of-farm-funds-social-pillar/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #agricultureworkers #CAP #commonagriculturalpolicy #farmworkers
