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Protecting Workers While your July 26 article about agricultural labor (“North Carolina wary of possible farm labor shortage”) accurately conveyed the agenda of many growers, it’s disheartening to read an article about farm work that lacks a discussion of the workers themselves. Many growers favor either an expansion of the H-2A agricultural guestworker program or … Read more Farmworker Justice’s Letter to the Editor: Protect Workers

Matt O'Brien's recent article on a perceived agricultural labor shortage ("California farmers fear labor shortage," Aug. 1) shies away from presenting the most obvious solution to the problem. Farmers, like employers in any other industry, should work to attract and retain a productive workforce by offering improved wages and working conditions. Growers are notorious for … Read more Farmworker Justice’s Letter to the Editor: Pay more, get more workers