Name: Arlo Scherr
Social Justice Group: 2021-2022, International Workers Rights
Date of Fieldwork: January 24, 2022
Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):My Social Justice Group
Type of Fieldwork: SJ Presentation
What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork?[:: :
On January 24th, my group presented our social justice project to the class. I helped create slides for our group and researched workers issues around the world. I learned a lot about the abuse of Thai fishermen abroad, and how they are fed with false promises. I was shocked by the conditions that migrant Tomato Farm Workers endure. They are worked long hours and are kept in filthy camps which are sometimes infested with bedbugs and rats. Workers are also illegally withheld pay. And sometimes children and even infants, are forcefully worked in tomato farms, in the blazing sun.
