Tag: living conditions

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March 21, 2021

Community Perspective: On the Road to a Living Wage

By hburgcitizen

November 2, 2020

Pandemic creates added challenges for migrant workers and the farms that employ them

By Tristan Lorei, contributor

Migrant workers, who would spend this fall picking apples at Turkey Knob Growers’ orchard in Timberville, travelled roughly 50 hours by bus from Monterrey, Mexico, late this summer to get to northern Rockingham County. It’s a trip many have made for years. But in 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, everything seems to come with additional risks.