Source: Laura Brache, WFAE, 12/14/20


Esmeralda Dominguez moved to the United States from Tamaulipas, Mexico ten years ago. Back home, she was a school teacher, but in order to support her then-growing family, she worked at a cucumber farm in eastern North Carolina. “The shifts are long and grueling. You can barely take breaks,” Dominguez said. “During peak seasons, you have to work overtime. It’s really harsh” Dominguez says that even when working overtime, agricultural and meatpacking workers can barely get by.

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