farm workers

Some U.S. Farmworkers Face “Inhuman Conditions”

By Carey L. Biron
A widely respected advocate for U.S. farmworker rights received a prestigious award on Capitol Hill here Wednesday, using the occasion to highlight pending state legislation that could significantly improve lives and working conditions that some have likened to modern-day slavery.
Librada Paz in the winter of 1990, when she worked trimming apple trees about two years after arriving in the United States. Credit: Courtesy of Librada Paz

RFK Award Spotlights Struggle for Farmworkers’ Rights

By Kim-Jenna Jurriaans
New York State legislators up in Albany are likely to be seeing a lot of Librada Paz in the near future.


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