{"id":10644,"date":"2024-10-15T19:46:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T23:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/?p=10644"},"modified":"2024-10-31T21:35:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T01:35:01","slug":"wtb-fall-program-hear-from-eastern-farm-workers-on-october-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/?p=10644","title":{"rendered":"WTB Learned about Eastern Farmworkers on  October 22"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-d338245e-8785-4466-bfad-7f0c61a77469\">WTB gathered on <strong>October 22<\/strong> to hear stories of farm workers affiliated with the Eastern Farm Workers Association (EFWA).   We learned that they face long hours and poor working conditions in the harvest fields and dairy barns.  Some lack health care. Some are even exploited by their employers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The speakers explained that farm workers get no government support. While they are low paid, they bring us reasonably-priced fresh food and dairy products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-8e4402a9-c5fd-4adf-8bee-5206e06f0277\">WTB members and guests brought bags of staple goods and other foodstuffs that will be placed in holiday gift baskets for the workers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-04a90051-0ac2-4754-8649-9138a545c2d8\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_dinner_Oct24.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_dinner_Oct24.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_dinner_Oct24-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_dinner_Oct24-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_dinner_Oct24-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_dinner_Oct24-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_dinner_Oct24-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_dinner_Oct24-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_dinner_Oct24-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The workers told stories about the life of farm workers and their families. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_Speakers_Oct24.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_Speakers_Oct24.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_Speakers_Oct24-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_Speakers_Oct24-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EWFA_Speakers_Oct24-560x421.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Speakers at the October 22 program along with WTB President Lorraine Markley (R). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/HolidayBasketGifts_EWFA_Oct24.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/HolidayBasketGifts_EWFA_Oct24.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/HolidayBasketGifts_EWFA_Oct24-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/HolidayBasketGifts_EWFA_Oct24-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wtb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/HolidayBasketGifts_EWFA_Oct24-560x421.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">These grocery items will go for holiday baskets for farm workers in Central New York. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WTB gathered on October 22 to hear stories of farm workers affiliated with the Eastern Farm Workers Association (EFWA). We &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wtb.org\/?p=10644\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-programs",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10644"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10662,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10644\/revisions\/10662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wtb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}