Labor & Economic News Blog


Friday, June 30, 2006

Farms relying on subcontracted farmworkers

Farms relying on subcontracted farmworkers
Source: Washington Post
After 33 years of tending grapes that make world-renowned wine, Jorge de Haro is about to lose the only job he's ever had. De Haro and his co-workers at Charles Krug's Napa Valley vineyards are being replaced by field hands supplied by third-party contractors _ a process occurring at farms nationwide.

 



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