The Harvest is free to watch online this week for National Farmworker Awareness Week! Learn more about farmworker rights and the need for protections here: https://tinyurl.com/8r7wbs9r
DETAILS
· Screening Dates: March 25th – March 31st, 2024
· Registration Link: https://bit.ly/nfaw24harvest
· Watch the film online for free at any time during National Farmworker Awareness Week 2024
In 2010, Shine Global released the feature-length documentary, The Harvest (La Cosecha), about three young migrant farmworkers – Zulema, Perla and Victor -who traveled across the US with their families harvesting several crops. They lived in substandard housing, worked without minimum wage protections, and routinely missed weeks of school which severely affected their academic performance.
Since 2015, US child labor violations have increased 300% and in the last 3 years alone instead of protecting children, 28 states have sought to roll back child labor laws. In response to this, Shine Global has joined more than 50 organizations in the Campaign to End US Child Labor to call for urgent reform to protect children from dangerous exploitation in the workplace.
Last week, Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) has picked up the mantle and introduced the CARE Act of 2024 to increase civil and criminal monetary penalties for violations and provide greater protection for workers of all ages to pesticide exposure. A similar House bill now has 45 co-sponsors. Please reach out to your legislators to let them know your opinion and urge them to protect children working in agriculture.