Farmworker Justice News
Farmworker News Roundup #7
Written by barb howe Friday, 12 September 2008 15:58
As we mentioned previously, in Florida five brothers pled guilty to enslaving farmworkers. Two of them also plead guilty to beating, threatening, restraining and locking their victims up in trucks in order to force them to work.Did you see Representative George Miller's Labor Day article in the Huffington Post recently? If not, check it out: The Department of Labor: A Damage Assessment.
Also, Whole Foods has signed up with the Coalition of Immokolee Workers (CIW) to increase pay for Florida tomato pickers by a penny per pound. They are the first grocery store chain to do so. This is good, but on the other hand, they are not cooperating with the UFW's campaign to support feedlot workers at one of their meat suppliers.
Corporate giant Ag-Mart's in the news again. In North Carolina, hearings have begun in a pesticide violation case they're involved in.
Another California paper has called for action in response to all the heat-related deaths in the fields (12 so far this year). A wave of editorials like this one in the Oakland Tribune may be just what's needed to spark real effort to increase enforcement of heat-safety laws.
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