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8/27/15

$7.50 For 1 Day’s Work (Extra Scene from 'The Fruits of Cheap Labor')


Watch the full documentary: http://bit.ly/1TVIJX9 In northern Mexico, farm workers who pick produce bound for US supermarkets earn as little as $7 a day. They follow the harvest, traveling between the states of Sinaloa and Baja California as internal migrants in their own country. With daycare not an option, children join their parents on the job, sometimes working in 100-degree heat. In this extra scene, farm workers receive their daily wage. For a 52-year-old laborer working six hours a day, her salary is $7.50 — plus a marshmallow. Read: Mexican Laborers Want Americans to Know Who Picks Their Fruits and Vegetables - http://bit.ly/1hsteFf Watch: The Way Americans Eat - The Business of Life (Episode 8) - http://bit.ly/1MW5K6Q Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1kUtA1Y Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://bit.ly/1kUtAif Instagram: http://bit.ly/XjF9es More videos from the VICE network: http://bit.ly/1F6JKB5



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