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Labor Markets
commentary
Saving Farmworkers from Slavery-Like Conditions, Field by Field
Susan L. Marquis @susanlmarquis
Sep 5, 2019
United Press International
Those at the bottom of the European agricultural supply chain are vulnerable to abuse. The same was true in the tomato fields of Florida until recently. The solution developed there may offer a roadmap for doing right by workers in Europe.
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Wages and Compensation
q&a
Justice for Florida Farmworkers: Q&A with Susan Marquis
Dec 15, 2017
In her new book, Susan Marquis takes readers inside the fight in Florida tomato fields. She traces the history and victories of a grassroots group of farmworkers and community leaders who wrested better wages and working conditions from major tomato growers and their corporate buyers.
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Counterterrorism
blog
Orlando Nightclub Shooting: RAND Experts React
Jun 15, 2016
RAND experts provide perspective on the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, what it likely means within the context of the campaign against ISIS, and more.
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commentary
Storms Blow, But We Can Cut Losses
Charles Meade
Sep 16, 2004
Times-Picayune, New Orleans
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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commentary
Sales Tax on Services? Not So Fast
Robert A. Levine
Jan 30, 2003
Orange County Register
As Florida experience shows, targets of new levy on services have clout and will use it, writes Robert Levine in an commentary.
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If people can come together around COVID-19, and all developments are showing that they can, then perhaps they can be equally innovative in tackling many of the more silent 'COVIDs' of the time—i.e., the less immediately impactful but equally urgent and important challenges associated with aging and frailty, mental health, cancer, comorbidities, and health inequalities as just some examples.

Sonja Marjanovic

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Source: The RAND Blog

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Saving Farmworkers from Slavery-Like Conditions, Field by Field

Justice for Florida Farmworkers: Q&A with Susan Marquis

Orlando Nightclub Shooting: RAND Experts React

Storms Blow, But We Can Cut Losses

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