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Michigan’s thousands of farmworkers are unprotected, poorly paid, uncounted and often exploited
(theconversation.com)
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Maybe all these articles need to focus a little more on the fact that agricultural work relies heavily on slaves, indentured servants, and the otherwise exploited. Just earlier today I read about dozens of Indians being tricked into slavery and indentured servitude in order to pick grapes and such in Italy. This is a worldwide problem in the agricultural industry and it needs action at the federal level.
From child banana servers all the way up to rich French vineyards or forced labor cotton picker. It's everywhere