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Related: About this forumBernie Sanders fighting against modern slavery in the U.S. and united with Immokalee Workers
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Bernie Sanders fighting against modern slavery in the U.S. and united with Immokalee Workers (Original Post)
Luminous Animal
Sep 2015
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Prepared Remarks for National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Conference
slipslidingaway
Sep 2015
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K & R. Bernie walks the walk & cares very much about the welfare of people & the country,
appalachiablue
Sep 2015
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slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)1. Prepared Remarks for National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Conference
https://berniesanders.com/naleo-conference-remarks/
" ... In fact, the situation was so bad that on the day I visited two men were indicted for human slavery. Slavery in the 21st century in the United States of America.
My visit to the tomato fields was followed by a hearing in the Senator Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on which I sat and which my friend, the late Senator Kennedy chaired. At that hearing, we heard the voices of the workers of Immokalee workers in America at the lowest rungs of the economic ladders. We heard from people who were ruthlessly exploited, denied decent wages, decent working conditions and decent housing. And that hearing enabled the workers of Immokalee to confront the interests that cheated them and abused them.
I am happy to tell you that this story has a positive ending. The campaign by the Immokalee workers resulted in substantial reforms in the tomato fields of Florida. In the aggregate, workers there have seen their wages increase by millions of dollars and improvement in their working conditions.
But how many more Immokalees are out there? How many fields or factories are there where people often without legal status are used up and thrown away? We cannot continue to run an economy where millions are made so vulnerable because of their undocumented status. We have to ask ourselves. Whose interest is it in to keep undocumented workers in the shadows without the protection of the law?
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" ... In fact, the situation was so bad that on the day I visited two men were indicted for human slavery. Slavery in the 21st century in the United States of America.
My visit to the tomato fields was followed by a hearing in the Senator Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on which I sat and which my friend, the late Senator Kennedy chaired. At that hearing, we heard the voices of the workers of Immokalee workers in America at the lowest rungs of the economic ladders. We heard from people who were ruthlessly exploited, denied decent wages, decent working conditions and decent housing. And that hearing enabled the workers of Immokalee to confront the interests that cheated them and abused them.
I am happy to tell you that this story has a positive ending. The campaign by the Immokalee workers resulted in substantial reforms in the tomato fields of Florida. In the aggregate, workers there have seen their wages increase by millions of dollars and improvement in their working conditions.
But how many more Immokalees are out there? How many fields or factories are there where people often without legal status are used up and thrown away? We cannot continue to run an economy where millions are made so vulnerable because of their undocumented status. We have to ask ourselves. Whose interest is it in to keep undocumented workers in the shadows without the protection of the law?
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Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)2. Another reason he earned my vote
I had some trouble playing that video but I think this is the same video
Thanks for posting.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)3. Yes! Thanks. I'm going to edit my OP.
appalachiablue
(41,055 posts)4. K & R. Bernie walks the walk & cares very much about the welfare of people & the country,
and he is more humane and egalitarian than any US political leader I've seen in decades. He's very rare in that regard and we are so fortunate.
The shameful exploitation and deplorable condition of Immokalee FL workers must be widely exposed and changed radically. What a disgrace this is happening in the US or anywhere in the 21st century in a time of unprecedented global wealth.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)5. Kick.
Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)6. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, Luminous Animal.