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"I honestly didn’t say anything because this job is how I feed myself and my kids."
A mother describes how she balances her work and her family. She also explains how the employer treated workers during COVID-19.
"I like it here, I live here, my family is here"
An agricultural worker discusses some difficulties they have faced when working and having children. They also bring up the bad working conditions and racism.
"It is not what they expected, they stay strong for their children"
A difficult story of pain and abuse in both work and immigration experience.
"It would be good for the bosses to know the needs and the feelings of their employees"
A young agricultural worker in animal husbandry discusses wage, weather, and management conditions at their job.
"Out of necessity, to have a better life for their children"
An agricultural worker discusses low pay, bad working conditions and legal status. The worker explains that her emigration from her country was to seek a better life.
"To work and improve ourselves and live a little better"
This audio is about an agricultural worker discussing pay for farmworkers and how they do not have many benefits nor is their work valued.
"She asks for it to be more even and fair"
A worker in a flower shop earns less than her co-workers on visas. She has five children asks for fairer pay standards.
"She has the willpower and hope that she will continue working"
This story describes a worker who had an accident at a farm and the type of help she received from Promotoras.
"She tells me that she needs work gloves, water boots, a jacket for the cold..."
A promotora tells the story of a farmworker who has worked in Colorado for ten years. She explains the instability of income and how difficult it is to make amounts sufficient for rent, transportation, and necessary equipment.
"So it is very, very difficult as a woman to work in those types of jobs."
A Colorado agricultural worker discusses gender, working conditions on farms and reasons as to why she works in agriculture.