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Sent from my > Subject: MILKED: A Report About Immigrant Dairy Workers in New York > > > > > Dear > Rick > > Last week at the start of National Dairy Month, the Worker Justice Center > and our partners published Milked: Immigrant Dairy Farmworkers in New York > State, a study that finds that a race to the bottom is occurring in the > treatment and working conditions of the immigrant laborers who toil in > milking parlors and barns. We invite you to read the full report at > www.milkedny.org. > > > The report is based on 88 face-to-face surveys with immigrant dairy > farmworkers on 53 different dairy farms across the Central, Western, and > Northern regions of New York State. It was co-authored by Carly Fox of the > Worker Justice Center of New York, Rebecca Fuentes of the Workers' Center of > Central New York, Fabiola Ortiz Valdez and Gretchen Purser, both of Syracuse > University, and Kathleen Sexsmith of Cornell University. > > Watch the June 1, 2017 Press Conference Here > Read the Press Release Here > > Please take the following steps to support dairy farmworkers in New York > State: > Support the Green Light New York: Driving Together campaign to ensure equal > access to driver's licenses for all residents of New York State, regardless > of immigration status. > Write a message to Chobani, a leading yogurt company located in upstate New > York and major purchaser of New York dairy, asking them to read the report > and to implement a worker-driven code of conduct ensuring fair labor > practices throughout their supply chain. > Make a donation to the Workers' Center of Central New York. > Some of the report's findings report that: > Eighty-eight percent of workers surveyed believe their employers care more > about the cows than about workers' well-being. > Twenty-eight percent of workers surveyed have knowingly experienced at least > one instance of wage theft. > On average, immigrant farmworkers work 12 hours per day. Like all > agricultural workers in New York, they are excluded from the right to a day > of rest and the right to overtime pay. > Two-thirds of workers surveyed have experienced one or more injuries while on > the job. Sixty-eight percent of those injured said the damage was serious > enough to require medical attention. > Dairy farmworkers live in farmer-provided housing almost without exception. > Their housing conditions are often substandard: 58% report bug or insect > infestations in their homes, 48% have no locks on their doors, 32% have holes > in their walls or floors, and 32% have insufficient ventilation. > Due to their fear of immigration enforcement, the inability to obtain a NY > driver's license, and/or their long working hours, immigrant dairy > farmworkers leave the farm premises, on average, as infrequently as once > every eleven days. Some leave only for medical emergencies, resulting in > almost total immobility and the widespread feeling of being "locked up" > [encerrado]. > > > > See what's happening on our social sites > > > > > Worker Justice Center of New York > 1187 Culver Road > Rochester NY 14609 > Forward this email > About our service provider > Sent by c...@wjcny.org in collaboration with > > Try it free today _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
