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Exploitation of Farm Workers

28 May 2020

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This is a YouTube video titled "Exploitation of Farm Workers" containing a monologue or speech discussing the exploitation faced by farm workers in America, including issues with work permits, wage theft, threats of deportation, and sexual assault, particularly among women. The content was created on May 28, 2020.

Farm workers are among the most exploited workers in America. About, you know, somewhere between 75 and 86% don't have permanent working papers. A lot of them have papers that allow them to work for a certain number of months, but then not afterwards. And those that's at the pleasure of their employer. So their employer, they often have their wages stolen from them. They often are threatened with deportation if they file complaints. And sexual exploitation of women is endemic in the farmworker community. I interviewed women in almost every county of New York State, And all but three of the women told me they had been sexually assaulted on the job.