‘Brutal’ trade offs keep some South Bay farmworkers laboring in dangerous heat
As Cesilia Perez Lopez harvested cherries on the outskirts of Gilroy early this summer, the temperature in the field crawled into the 90s. She and her co-workers desperately needed water. But a jug carrying their supply spilled over earlier that day, and when she asked the foreman to replace the water he was supposed to … Read more
