Oxfam America

Workers' Rights

Institutional food services and fast food companies are buying greater volumes of produce at increasingly cheaper prices. As a result, the US consumer enjoys low food prices while nearly two million immigrant farmworkers earn sub-standard wages and live in dehumanizing conditions.

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What Oxfam is Doing

Oxfam campaigns and partners with farmworker groups to help improve their standards of living. more »

What You Can Do

Join the Big Noise to Make Trade Fair by signing Oxfam's international petition.

News & Publications

Read our research reports for better understanding of the labor practices that keep farmworkers in poverty.
Latest News
This season's hottest gifts
01 12 2008
G20 must put fight against poverty at the center of global economic reforms
13 11 2008
Oxfam America's fundraising campaign surpasses goal--over $63 million raised for critical poverty alleviation and development programs
03 11 2008
Bold leadership is needed to turn the tide of poverty
22 09 2008
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Research and Reports
Sportswear Brands ‘Offside’ on Workers’ Rights
23 May 2006
Like Machines in the Fields: Workers Without Rights in American Agriculture
15 March 2004