Beyond a union: Worker rights to a schedule, and a farmers co-op
Progress notes: Workers’ quality of life improves as they gain control. For hourly earners, predictable schedules are increasingly a legislated right.
Source: csmonitor.com
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Progress notes: Workers’ quality of life improves as they gain control. For hourly earners, predictable schedules are increasingly a legislated right.
When farmer Mônica de Souza Ribeiro moved into her landless settlement in the state of Goiás in central Brazil in the late 1990s, she was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of agrotoxins and chemicals deployed in the cattle- and soy-dominated region. At first, she followed suit, using chemical fertilizers to grow the vegetables that she […]