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Related: About this forumYesterday a farmworker in tears said "We love you Bernie, we really do". Here's why.
They dont mention the real issues that affect out lives on MSM or Google News.
Not only in Flint: Bakersfield and Kern County water is poisoned by nitrates and fracking. The people cant drink it but have to pay for it anyway.
Farmworkers who pick berries for the Driscoll company all up and down the west coast in the USA and Mexico, from Washington state through California and Baja California, are striking against subhuman wages and treatment. They want us to Boycott Driscoll, they want Costco and Whole Foods to stop carrying their products.
Although farm work exposes thousands to pesticides and injuries, clinics and services to workers are being slashed. In some cases the employers force workers to report to company doctors. These doctors send injured workers back to the fields, telling them theres nothing wrong with them.
This is real life and issues that are important to Californians, farmworkers, and rural communities across the west coast.
Not only in Flint: Bakersfield and Kern County water is poisoned by nitrates and fracking. The people cant drink it but have to pay for it anyway.
Farmworkers who pick berries for the Driscoll company all up and down the west coast in the USA and Mexico, from Washington state through California and Baja California, are striking against subhuman wages and treatment. They want us to Boycott Driscoll, they want Costco and Whole Foods to stop carrying their products.
Although farm work exposes thousands to pesticides and injuries, clinics and services to workers are being slashed. In some cases the employers force workers to report to company doctors. These doctors send injured workers back to the fields, telling them theres nothing wrong with them.
This is real life and issues that are important to Californians, farmworkers, and rural communities across the west coast.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/05/29/1532300/-Yesterday-a-farmworker-in-tears-said-We-love-you-Bernie-we-really-do-Here-s-why
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Yesterday a farmworker in tears said "We love you Bernie, we really do". Here's why. (Original Post)
leftcoastmountains
May 2016
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ebayfool
(3,411 posts)1. It's very real to us. TY!
Baobab
(4,667 posts)2. making a note not to buy Driscoll, thank you!
thank you farmworkers especially for speaking out.
Silver_Witch
(1,820 posts)3. Ditto - added to my NO WalMart EVER list.
I had no idea how horrible they are. It's an absolute sin to treat people like that.
jillan
(39,451 posts)5. I'm pretty sure I have their blueberries and strawberries in my fridge right now.
No more.
leftcoastmountains
(2,968 posts)6. I usually buy their organic berries. But I agree
I wasn't aware and will not buy again.