21 organizations fighting for labor rights in the food system
Story Date: 11/18/2015

 

Source: FOOD TANK, 11/16/15

From farmworkers to restaurant servers, the food system employs millions of laborers around the world to pick, package, transport, deliver, and cook our food every day. Of the 3 billion workers in the world’s labor force, about 40 percent are employed in agriculture alone, according to the International Labor Organization of the United Nations (ILO).

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