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Topic: United Farm Workers

Mexican laborers cut broccoli stalks for Smith Farms' crew A as the harvest season gets underway at a Smith Farm's field near Fort Fairfield in central Aroostook County. Smith Farm's employ over 150 migrant workers to help in their harvest of both broccoli and potatos. (John Ewing/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

How mass deportations will hurt farms

Griffin Eckstein
A nurse checks a patient in a temporary hospital for the COVID-19 patients set up in a gymnasium in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Thursday, March 05, 2020. Most of the patients have been discharged, and only about one hundred are still there. (Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Lawsuit says Tyson bosses bet on COVID

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
Democratic presidential candidate New York City Mayor, Bill de Blasio speaks to the media before the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Wednesday, June 27, 2019, in Miami. (AP/Wilfredo Lee)

De Blasio sorry for Che Guevara quote

Shira Tarlo
In this photo taken Aug. 17, 2016, a farm worker trims grape vines in a vineyard in Clarksburg, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) (AP)

The farmworker's victory

David Bacon - Capital & Main
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Natasha Lennard
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