20 Taft

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20 An Onion Field near Taft
A farm worker tops onions late at night. Onion harvesters sometimes work at night, in order to get as many hours of work as possible, and also because in the early afternoon the heat is unbearable. Workers are not paid overtime wages for this night work.

photographs and stories by David Bacon © 1990-1999

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