There’s a beauty and grace to picking cabbage. On a Brockport farm on a sunny June morning, men and machine move synchronously to harvest the crop. The pickers, three men ranging in age from early 30s to mid-40s, are bent over, slowly walking backward as a tractor continually pushes a large crate toward them. […]
Joseph Sorrentino
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Farmworkers fight for rights
No overtime pay. No regularly scheduled day off. No disability insurance. No right to collective bargaining. Welcome to the life of a migrant farmworker. At the beginning of the 21st century, they are still subjected to antiquated labor laws. About 200 people marched in Fairport in support of a bill under consideration in the state […]
