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Coalition of Immokalee Workers: "With These Hands..."
By: CIW
Posted: Sep 28 08
Witnessed: 2063 times
Regions: United States
Issues: Corporations and human rights, Labor, Slavery & forced labor
Tags: Decent Work, fast food industry, Immokalee Workers, labor rights, latino, rural workers, workers' rights
With these hands I demand the future that poverty wages have stolen from me. Farmworkers returning from picking tomatoes bought by companies - like Subway & Chipotle - show hands stained with pesticides and heavy with hard work.
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