Tina Vasquez
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Editor-at-large, @prismreports: [email protected]. Repped by @IwalaniKim. Board member, @PressOn_South.
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Tina Vasquez's “There’s a lot we don’t know about farmworker deaths” for Prism is one of the hand-picked items on the new edition of the #PowerAtWork Weekly Download — Subscribe, and have it delivered directly to your inbox: poweratwork.us/theweeklydownl…
Migrant workers who work outdoors are in “a moment of crisis.” There's a lot we don't know about farmworker deaths—& sometimes the obfuscation is intentional. Tina Vasquez investigates the underreported migrant workers' deaths in American fields.
prismreports.org/2023/11/15/a-l…
The mandarin harvest is about to begin in the Bakersfield CA area. Farm workers will earn $57 for each 900 pound bin they can fill during the day. Ezequiel shares that the cost of rent, gas and food has increased but the price per bin has stayed the same for years now. #WeFeedYou
Finally! Los Angeles Times editorial board calling for a ceasefire. What paper is next? (Obviously not the NYT…) latimes.com/opinion/story/…
“He was sent to sit on a bus, where the temperature likely far exceeded the one outside. He was later found lifeless. By the time 911 was called at 10:42 a.m., it was already too late. Gónzalez Mendoza had been in the U.S. for 11 days.”
Important reporting by Tina Vasquez
There’s a lot we don’t know about farmworker deaths. At least two farmworkers died from heat stress this summer in North Carolina, with rumors of others. Tina Vasquez investigates what happens when migrant workers die working in American fields.
prismreports.org/2023/11/15/a-l…
“You don’t kill a trans person, a lesbian, a gay… you kill a brother, a son, a nephew… make it clear.” 🥺. #OcielBaena ¡Presente!