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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen you buy vegtables think of these hardworking people.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Next time you enjoy radishes in your salad, remember the farmworkers like these Oxnard workers, who harvest the food that we eat. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeFeedYou?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeFeedYou</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Calor?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Calor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Ovetime4FarmWorkers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Ovetime4FarmWorkers</a> <a href="https://t.co/mjICn0nnta">pic.twitter.com/mjICn0nnta</a></p> United Farm Workers (@UFWupdates) <a href="
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dameatball
(7,398 posts)number of unemployed miners....for various reasons. Yet, they stay put and rant about Trump bringing back coal. Meanwhile, many of the migrant laborers (and many are actually citizens) that have traveled many, many miles to find work and they do it well. Take it from there and draw your own conclusions.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Apples and pears in the fall, doing handy work during the winter, then harvesting early vegetables and fruit during the spring. They never take time off or ask the government to bail them out.
dameatball
(7,398 posts)curlyred
(1,879 posts)What a bunch of bullshit. How many times do we read about lazy this or that. These people work so very hard their entire lives at shitty work and get zero thanks and are villified for it.
eleny
(46,166 posts)No words except - it's hard! Respect follows a few hours like that. They do it year in and year out following the crops. I only filled 6 gallon bags to freeze and left the rest for the birds, squirrels and raccoons.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)Great way to have a restful sleep
MontanaMama
(23,314 posts)Thank you, I think I will add that to mine. Lovely thought.. ☺️🍓
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)It's called "Thank you"
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MontanaMama
(23,314 posts)Im learning all kinds of food stuff here tonight. Didnt know about the app either. On it!
demmiblue
(36,853 posts)Extremely taxing work with slave wages.
oasis
(49,387 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)I think I lasted about 3 weeks or less.
Hard, dirty work.
America (as a country) does not respect real hard work.