Farmworkers work over 12 hour days in the fields, exposing themselves to pesticides, dangerous temperatures, and other health hazards – and yet many of them are still living in poverty, barely able to put food on the table. For too long, tobacco companies like Reynolds American Inc. have marginalized farmers to keep tobacco prices low, resulting in poverty wages and exploitation for those at the bottom of their supply chain. It is time for companies like Reynolds to use their wealth and industry power to ensure economic security and justice for everyone in their supply chain by paying fair prices for their tobacco and signing an agreement with FLOC to guarantee farmworkers freedom of association.
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