Episode
46
Working Yourself to Death
August 16, 2016
Professor Sarah Horton outlines why so many farmworkers face illness - and even death - on the job. Poor regulation, harsh labor practices, and economic pressures push them to work without shade, water, or breaks and discourage them from speaking up.
For more on this topic
- Read her two-page brief or her book, They Leave Their Kidneys in the Fields.
- Check out her OpEd, "Equal Overtime Rules Could Save Lives," San Diego Union-Tribune, April 8, 2016.
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