Farmworkers often work 10 hour shifts, six to seven days a week, with no paid breaks or overtime pay. Many farmworkers are paid scanty wages, exposed to toxic pesticides, denied access to toilets and drinking water in the fields, and subjected to intimidation and harassment by growers and contractors.
Child labor is still a reality in the fields.
Underlying these abuses is the failure of most growers to respect farmworkers' right to organize. Growers refuse to recognize workers requests to be represented by a union or to participate in collective bargaining for a contract.