As wildfires grow more frequent, so do concerns for wine country field workers, who can face conditions that jeopardize their health, wages and housing. Farm laborers in yellow safety vests walked through neatly arranged rows of grapes Friday, harvesting the last of the deep purple bundles that hung from the vines, even as the sky… Continue reading Farmworkers Face Daunting Health Risks In California’s Wildfires
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Corporate CEO’s earn a workers lifetime salary in less than a week
Richest 1 percent bagged 82 percent of wealth created last year – poorest half of humanity got nothing Eighty two percent of the wealth generated last year went to the richest one percent of the global population, while the 3.7 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world saw no increase in… Continue reading Corporate CEO’s earn a workers lifetime salary in less than a week