Endorse the Harvest of Dignity Campaign

As a businessperson, I know that bringing food to the table each day is hard work.
North Carolina is home to roughly 150,000 field workers and 28,000 poultry workers and their families.  The vast majority of the fruits and vegetables and nearly all of the poultry we eat are picked or processed by hand.  However, the people who help feed our families through their hard work also suffer dangerous working conditions, low pay and little recourse when they are hurt on the job. 

I support better living and working conditions for the people who help bring food from the fields to our plates, including:

Safe Workplaces
NC should enact basic health and safety standards to protect field and poultry workers from injury, illness and toxic chemical exposure on the job.  Poultry processing plants should be held to safety standards that prevent injury.

Safe Places to Live
When employers provide housing, it should be safe, sanitary and provide for basic decency, such as privacy in bathrooms and locks on the doors.

Stronger Enforcement of Existing Laws
Require state agencies to work together to enforce our state’s current laws protecting field and poultry workers.  Crack down on repeat offenders who ignore the law and put people in harm’s way.