March 4 GUEST: Rep. Sarah Edwards from Brattleboro about Representative Town Meeting unique process NEWS: US history started with Sweatshops and some still exist in our factories and fields Coalition of Immokalee Workers – sweatshop fields – in the news – Bernie leaders on Still horrible conditions in USA – modern day slavery in the tomato fields of south FL Poverty wages, rooted in an antiquated piece-rate pay system that hasn’t changed significantly in nearly 30 years; Long hours without overtime pay when work is available, unemployment and transience when it is not; Physical abuse and wage fraud by crewleaders, supervisors, and growers; Damage to body and soul from back-breaking labor, with no employment benefits such as sick days, paid leave, health insurance, or pensions; Retaliation against workers who protest or organize to alleviate these inhuman conditions; And, most heinously, modern-day slavery, with six successful federal prosecutions of farm labor operations for servitude in Florida over the past decade, and a seventh just initiated, involving well over 1,000 workers and more than a dozen farm employers..." Boycott on Berger King – Taco Bell and McD’s have already done the right thing – pay 1cent more per pound – fair trade tomatoes Democracy – how important it is….Town meeting
GUEST: Rep. Sarah Edwards from Brattleboro about Representative Town Meeting unique process NEWS: US history started with Sweatshops and some still exist in our factories and fields Coalition of Immokalee Workers – sweatshop fields – in the news – Bernie leaders on Still horrible conditions in USA – modern day slavery in the tomato fields of south FL Poverty wages, rooted in an antiquated piece-rate pay system that hasn’t changed significantly in nearly 30 years; Long hours without overtime pay when work is available, unemployment and transience when it is not; Physical abuse and wage fraud by crewleaders, supervisors, and growers; Damage to body and soul from back-breaking labor, with no employment benefits such as sick days, paid leave, health insurance, or pensions; Retaliation against workers who protest or organize to alleviate these inhuman conditions; And, most heinously, modern-day slavery, with six successful federal prosecutions of farm labor operations for servitude in Florida over the past decade, and a seventh just initiated, involving well over 1,000 workers and more than a dozen farm employers..." Boycott on Berger King – Taco Bell and McD’s have already done the right thing – pay 1cent more per pound – fair trade tomatoes Democracy – how important it is….Town meeting
GUEST: Rep. Sarah Edwards from Brattleboro about Representative Town Meeting unique process
NEWS: US history started with Sweatshops and some still exist in our factories and fields
Coalition of Immokalee Workers – sweatshop fields – in the news – Bernie leaders on
Still horrible conditions in USA – modern day slavery in the tomato fields of south FL
Poverty wages, rooted in an antiquated piece-rate pay system that hasn’t changed significantly in nearly 30 years;
Long hours without overtime pay when work is available, unemployment and transience when it is not;
Physical abuse and wage fraud by crewleaders, supervisors, and growers;
Damage to body and soul from back-breaking labor, with no employment benefits such as sick days, paid leave, health insurance, or pensions;
Retaliation against workers who protest or organize to alleviate these inhuman conditions;
And, most heinously, modern-day slavery, with six successful federal prosecutions of farm labor operations for servitude in Florida over the past decade, and a seventh just initiated, involving well over 1,000 workers and more than a dozen farm employers..."
Boycott on Berger King – Taco Bell and McD’s have already done the right thing – pay 1cent more per pound – fair trade tomatoes
Democracy – how important it is….Town meeting
March 2nd, 2008
