“Our food needs to be free of exploitation,” says Ben Kempas, founder and campaign strategist at Film & Campaign.
His company is promoting a new documentary film called The Pickers, which shines a light on the plight of migrant agricultural workers in southern Europe. Its stark message is that many of them live and work under exploitative conditions, often without fair pay, legal protection, or proper housing.
Now, to drive home that message and inspire action to address the problem, Kempas has launched a new campaign called We Want a Fair Pick. It calls for ten basic guarantees for migrant workers — rights that should be the minimum standard across Europe but, he explains, are too often ignored.
