Breaking News: Mexico, Wal-Mart to improve conditions for farmworkers after Times investigation

Mexico, Wal-Mart to improve conditions for farmworkers after Times investigation Los Angeles Times | February 12, 2015 | 5:36 PM The Mexican government and Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, have announced steps to improve the lives of the nation’s farmworkers, two months after a Los Angeles Times investigation detailed labor abuses at Mexican agribusinesses that supply major U.S. supermarket chains and restaurants. Mexico’s secretary of agriculture, Enrique Martinez y Martinez, announced the creation Thursday of a “historic” alliance of produce industry groups that will focus on enforcing wage laws and improving housing and schools for the more than 1 million laborers at export farms. Read more: Mexico and Wal-Mart launch initiative to improve lives of farmworkers Times Investigation: Product of Mexico