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Dave Jamieson

What You Didn't Hear At Obama's Cesar Chavez Event

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.08.2012 | Politics
Read More: Latinos, Farm Workers, United Farm Workers, Migrant Agricultural Workers, Rena Steinzor, Cesar Chavez, Video, Latino Voters, Farm Labor, Child Labor, President Obama, Agriculture, Elections 2012, Barack Obama, Politics News

President Obama visited Keene, Calif., on Monday to pay tribute to famed civil rights and labor leader Cesar Chavez, while trying to shore up support ...

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You Say Tomato, I Say Raw Deal!

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Farm Workers, Immokalee-Florida, Whole Foods, Burger King, Labor, Migrant-Agricultural-Workers, Tomatoes, McDonalds Food, Immigration Reform, Immigrant Rights, Migrant Workers, Immigration, Immigrant, Workers Rights, Video, Home News
Frances Moore Lappe

2010-10-12-tomatoes.jpgTo get the minimum wage, a tomato worker has to pick more than 2.25 tons of tomatoes during a day that begins before dawn and lasts 10-12 hours.

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Immigrant Sheepherders' Plight Drawing Attention Of Legislators, Activists

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Migrant Agricultural Workers, Illegal Immigrants, Migrant Workers, Colorado, Immigrant Sheepherders, Colorado Immigrants, Denver News

WAMSUTTER, Wyo. — Alone and thousands of miles from home, the immigrant sheepherder roams some of the West's most desolate and frigid landscapes...

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