I am not a tractor!

how Florida farmworkers took on the fast food giants and won

279 pages

English language

Published 2017 by ILR Press.

ISBN:
978-1-5017-1308-8
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OCLC Number:
981116451

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"I am Not a Tractor! celebrates the courage, vision, and creativity of the farmworkers and community leaders who have transformed one of the worst agricultural situation in the United States into one of the best. Susan Marquis highlights past abuses workers suffered in Florida's tomato fields: toxic pesticide exposure, beatings, sexual assault, rampant wage theft, and even, astonishingly, modern-day slavery. Marquis unveils how, even without new legislation, regulation, or government participation, these farmworkers have dramatically improved their work conditions. Marquis credits this success to the immigrants from Mexico, Haiti, and Guatemala who formed the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a neuroscience major who takes great pride in the watermelon crew he runs, a leading farmer/grower who was once homeless, and a retired New York State judge who volunteered to stuff envelopes and ended up building a ground-breaking institution. Through the "Fair Food Program" that they have developed, fought for, and implemented, …

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Subjects

  • Agricultural laborers
  • Employees
  • Coalition of Immokalee Workers
  • Food industry and trade
  • Labor unions

Places

  • Immokalee
  • Florida