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Farm cutbacks cost college students needed jobs

09/09/2008 Audrey Asistio Kimatv.com Toppenish, Wash.
Ever since a series of crop failures in April, farmers have cut employment by one third, decreasing the number of jobs in rural Yakima County by nearly 1,000. Not only have jobs become scarce for migrant workers, but for college students in Eastern Washington State as well, many of whom rely on them to pay for books and tuition.
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Labels: college students, crop failure, tuition, unemployment

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