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Article

2 Mar 2005

Author:
Amnesty International, Center for Constitutional Rights, Global Rights, Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, Oxfam America, RFK Memorial Center on Human Rights, U.S. Human Rights Network

Human Rights of Florida's Farm Workers are under Serious Threat - Letter to Santiago A. Cantón, executive secretary, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

The undersigned organizations submit this letter amici regarding the question of corporate and government responsibility for the poor human rights conditions of agricultural workers in Florida. The human rights of Florida’s farm workers are under serious threat because of: Forced labor and slavery...Poor working conditions and lack of access to health care...Low wages...