Demonstrators protest at Reynolds American

This group is demonstrating for the human rights of immigrants, who are often underpaid farm workers. - - Donna Poisl

By JOHN HINTON | Winston-Salem Journal

A group of 17 demonstrators staged a rally Tuesday in front of Reynolds American Inc.'s downtown headquarters to call attention to tobacco-farm workers, who the protesters said are often underpaid and forced to live in poor conditions.

Gail Phares of Raleigh, an organizer and advocate for immigrants' rights, said that the U.S. must reform its immigration policies.

"It's time for us to recognize the labor of farm workers and immigrants and their contributions to economic life in America," Phares said to the group as they stood in a circle on the sidewalk in front of the building. "We must reject the criminalization of immigrants, and the politicians must fix a broken system."
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