This was the first time in over a decade a strike like this has happened in mexico. In this episode of fault lines, we went to meet the people picking so much of the food we eat in the United States and asked what is keeping them at the bottom of our food system. Were about an hour away from the heart of where farmworkers have started to protest their conditions and were already coming up on a checkpoint, this could be an early sign the movement is starting to spread. Thousands of farm workers had been on strike for over a week here. With the fields empty and the main highway blocked off, theyd brought production to a halt at the peak of harvest in one of mexicos main agricultural areas, the valley of san quintin. Theyre asking drivers for donations to support their cause, because while theyre striking, theyre not getting paid. When they are paid workers here make an average of 120130 pesos a day or 89 dollars. For laborers, especially those with children, its hard to understand how th
This was the first time in over a decade a strike like this has happened in mexico. In this episode of fault lines, we went to meet the people picking so much of the food we eat in the United States and asked what is keeping them at the bottom of our food system. Were about an hour away from the heart of where farmworkers have started to protest their conditions and were already coming up on a checkpoint, this could be an early sign the movement is starting to spread. Thousands of farm workers had been on strike for over a week here. With the fields empty and the main highway blocked off, theyd brought production to a halt at the peak of harvest in one of mexicos main agricultural areas, the valley of san quintin. Theyre asking drivers for donations to support their cause, because while theyre striking, theyre not getting paid. When they are paid workers here make an average of 120130 pesos a day or 89 dollars. For laborers, especially those with children, its hard to understand how th
This was the first time in over a decade a strike like this has happened in mexico. In this episode of fault lines, we went to meet the people picking so much of the food we eat in the United States and asked what is keeping them at the bottom of our food system. Were about an hour away from the heart of where farmworkers have started to protest their conditions and were already coming up on a checkpoint, this could be an early sign the movement is starting to spread. Thousands of farm workers had been on strike for over a week here. With the fields empty and the main highway blocked off, theyd brought production to a halt at the peak of harvest in one of mexicos main agricultural areas, the valley of san quintin. Theyre asking drivers for donations to support their cause, because while theyre striking, theyre not getting paid. When they are paid workers here make an average of 120130 pesos a day or 89 dollars. For laborers, especially those with children, its hard to understand how th
A decade a strike like this has happened in mexico. In this episode of fault lines, we went to meet the people picking so much of the food we eat in the United States and asked what is keeping them at the bottom of our food system. Were about an hour away from the heart of where farmworkers have started to protest their conditions and were already coming up on a checkpoint, this could be an early sign the movement is starting to spread. Thousands of farm workers had been on strike for over a week here. With the fields empty and the main highway blocked off, theyd brought production to a halt at the peak of harvest in one of mexicos main agricultural areas, the valley of san quintin. Theyre asking drivers for donations to support their cause, because while theyre striking, theyre not getting paid. When they are paid workers here make an average of 120130 pesos a day or 89 dollars. For laborers, especially those with children, its hard to understand how they could get by on the wages the
This was the first time in over a decade a strike like this has happened in mexico. In this episode of fault lines, we went to meet the people picking so much of the food we eat in the United States and asked what is keeping them at the bottom of our food system. Were about an hour away from the heart of where farmworkers have started to protest their conditions and were already coming up on a checkpoint, this could be an early sign the movement is starting to spread. Thousands of farm workers had been on strike for over a week here. With the fields empty and the main highway blocked off, theyd brought production to a halt at the peak of harvest in one of mexicos main agricultural areas, the valley of san quintin. Theyre asking drivers for donations to support their cause, because while theyre striking, theyre not getting paid. When they are paid workers here make an average of 120130 pesos a day or 89 dollars. For laborers, especially those with children, its hard to understand how th