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
Yesterday. We flirted with 70 after all and hit a brand new record before the sun came up, but now that cooler air has caught up to us and that said it is still above average. We will see is what going on out there. Cooling down is the headline for us in the Weather Department for next couple days. Average high at this point is in the mid 40s. By the time we start the weekend we will finally be able to be below average. Not terribly below but below average nonetheless. Perception as meisha mentioned is what will get you. It will feel so much colder then it has ovulate. We are talking about a 30degree, descrepancy between where we came from and where we will end up at that point. Storm scan quiet nothing more than a handful of cloud overhead and right now it is warmth. 48 degrees toward trenton, wilmington, reading, slightly cooler even in the poconos. 39 degrees is not shabby. As we walk through here we expect to level off in the mid 50s, under full sunshine, much less wind, however, t
The response from the government was swift and fierce. 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, especi
Meteorologist shiri spear joins us with what time things will start to go downhill. Shiri thats right, they start to go downhill today. Our big transition. 30 in boston. 28 in beverly. 28 in plymouth. Teens in norwood and bedford. 40 in chatham and already the clouds are leaking in off the water a trend that will continue this morning. We have 33 in boston at 6 a. M. Still teens and 20s in the burbs. See those clouds continue to push on in. By noontime, we will have to account for the chance for a little bit of drizzle coming in on that breeze as well. Temperaturewise, a lot of upper 30s, lower 40s by lunchtime. We stall out basically through the rest of the afternoon. We see blips of green from the north shore up into the seacoast of New Hampshire. 36 to 44 today. Increasing clouds. We will see freezing drizzle overnight. And one thing you have to watch out for this morning is a little bit of black ice. Julie shiri, you and i will be tag teaming on to make sure we see those specific s