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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 06:28 PM Original message |
Horrific story on migrant workers in Florida... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. An extra 2 or 3 cents a pound would double their pay. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Don't think so...the owners would jsut keep the extra profit. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Exactly. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Tiendas de Raya - Talk about a giant leap backward |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
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shari (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yeah... |
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Taking Our Country (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Thats right! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Amazing this was originally investigated by Gourmet magazine? |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Palm Beach Post & the Nation each last year did a piece & Guardian.uk in 2003 |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Interesting. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is the republicans' dream. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yep. Neofeudalism. nt |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. Illegal Immigration is so awesome. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Naples, Florida, the nation’s second-wealthiest metropolitan area" uhm it's also the worst area... |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Not quite. Collier County isn't even in the top ten. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. This photo of the hands of one Immokalee worker speaks 1000+ words: |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Thanks for posting it. (nt) |
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mia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-13-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Million word photo. Tragic beauty. |
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hugo_from_TN (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Dirt? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 01:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I don't think it's just dirt. |
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hugo_from_TN (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:03 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. What do you think it is? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 02:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. when i work for hours in the dirt, my hands are dirty, but not black & stained like that. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I am pretty sure that you don't work in dirt like that guy works |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
24. Sugar cane fields are the same and are more dangerous |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
25. i was picking tomatoes when i was 12 yrs old |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. you were picking for your family, until noon. |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. that was just part of it |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-14-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. we only picked til noon, because in the afternoon |
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