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“The federal exclusions complicating #farmworkers fight to unionize were rooted in #racism & notably put the agricultural industry and consumers ahead of worker rights, according to a federal history documenting farmworker struggle and other historians and policy experts…” #UnionStrong https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/northwest/advocates-ramp-up-support-in-seattle-for-farmworker-union-recognition/
The Seattle TimesAdvocates ramp up support in Seattle for farmworker union recognitionWindmill Farms has not recognized its employees' unionization efforts, stating it sees no need.
“When the National Labor Relations Act was passed in 1935, Black sharecroppers were doing most of the agricultural work in the South, and Asian and Latino workers were working in the West.” #WorkersRights #SystemicRacism