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A migrant farm worker works in tomato field in Immokalee, FL, Apr. 17, 2003. Workers are paid 40 to 45 cents per 30 pound bucket, which is the same rate they were paid in 1980s. In order to make $50 a day, they pick and haul 125 buckets or two tons of tomatoes. To make that quota, pickers work fast, picking, filling, hauling, and throwing buckets.

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Immokalee Workers
A migrant farm worker works in tomato field in Immokalee, FL, Apr. 17, 2003. Workers are paid 40 to 45 cents per 30 pound bucket, which is the same rate they were paid in 1980s. In order to make $50 a day, they pick and haul 125 buckets or two tons of tomatoes. To make that quota, pickers work fast, picking, filling, hauling, and throwing buckets.