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Harvest app entry archived7/23/2023 ![]() If your screen says “Unlock,” enter your email and password (you will need to create an account with Eventive if you don’t have one already) and the page will take you to the “Watch Now” screen.ģ. If your screen says “Watch Now,” simply click to begin viewing. Click here to go the screening page on EventiveĢ. I asked all our panelists what average American’s can do to help – and I’ll leave you with their inspiring words:ġ. Then we go on to our next project while they continue to live their lives. As filmmakers we come in, document these issues with the help of charismatic and courageous subjects. Much more can and must be done.Īs I watched The Harvest again, I was struck by how hard the lives of migrant farmworker families are. Thus, while the FFCRA is an important first step in the protection of “essential” farm workers, it’s not a 100% guarantee that their rights and needs will be protected. When they don’t qualify, they are left to bear the full brunt of the loss of head start and childcare programs and public school closures. The problem is that migrant workers may not work as long as 30 days for an employer. They’re also able to get 2/3 of their salary if they can’t work because they need to take care of a sick relative or a minor. It makes full-time employees who’ve been employed for at least 30 days and must quarantine because of symptoms or possible exposure to the virus, eligible for 80 hours of paid sick leave at their regular wage. It requires employers with under 500 employees to give workers up to 2 weeks of fully or partially paid sick leave for COVID-19 reasons. The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) passed earlier this spring provides protections and salaries for many workers through from April 1 -December 31 of this year. Their housing is substandard, wages very low, and though now deemed “essential workers,” farmworkers still lack many of the basic rights afforded workers in other lines of labor like the right to overtime, or to collective bargaining. Their children routinely miss weeks of school, making it very difficult for them to keep up with classmates. Their lives are arduous, traveling many months a year following crops to harvest, often traveling thousands of miles each season. We spoke mostly about how little has changed for migrant farmworkers in the US. The third panelist was Zulema Lopez, one of the three young subjects of The Harvest, then 12 and now 23 and a recent college graduate. She was joined by Norma Flores López, the Chief Programs Officer at Justice for Migrant Women and Chair of the Child Labor Coalition’s Domestic Issues Committee. ![]() The panelists included US Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, who authored the CARE Act (Children’s Act for Responsible Employment and Farm Safety) and was a co-sponsor of the recent HEROES Act, which provides protections to millions of Americans dealing with COVID-19. On June 12 th – World Day Against Child Labor – we screened The Harvest (La Cosecha) and I had the privilege of moderating its Q and A. Shine Global is hosting a series of most of its documentaries throughout 2020 in celebration of our 15th anniversary.
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