General Discussion

steve2470

(37,457 posts) Sat Mar 10, 2012, 07:20 PM Mar 2012

RFK widow joins Fla. farmworkers on day 6 of fast

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/10/2687032/rfk-widow-joins-fla-farmworkers.html

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Hundreds of marchers, including Robert F. Kennedy's widow, joined with fasting Florida tomato pickers Saturday in asking Publix supermarket chain to help boost their wages.

Carrying signs that read "Publix: Recognize farmworkers' humanity," the marchers walked three miles from a Publix supermarket to the company's headquarters. There they met up with about 60 people, many of them farmworkers, who had gone six days without food in protest.

"It's incredible to see," fasting farmworker Oscar Otzoy said. "We are very happy to have arrived at this day and to show the true face of Publix."

The farmworkers want Publix to pay growers a penny more per pound of tomatoes, which would be passed on to pickers. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers' penny campaign has won support in recent years from companies like Taco Bell, McDonald's and Burger King.

6 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

RFK widow joins Fla. farmworkers on day 6 of fast (Original Post) steve2470 Mar 2012 OP

This is so unlike Ethel. She usually does her thing at $25,000.00 per virgogal Mar 2012 #1

She'll be 84 next month. Stop it. Faygo Kid Mar 2012 #2

Here's a nice tribute: blue neen Mar 2012 #4

Thanks for that. Faygo Kid Mar 2012 #6

What on earth does the fact that her name wasn't mentioned virgogal Mar 2012 #5

What an inappropriate remark. blue neen Mar 2012 #3

virgogal

(10,178 posts)

1. This is so unlike Ethel. She usually does her thing at $25,000.00 per

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 07:38 PM

Mar 2012

plate dinners.

She's old so maybe there are some problems.

Nice thing to do though.

Faygo Kid

(21,478 posts)

2. She'll be 84 next month. Stop it.

Reply to virgogal (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 07:45 PM

Mar 2012

Her name wasn't even mentioned until the 11th paragraph. I know of her reputation for being difficult. But maybe she has earned more than just that, given what she has had to do. And showing up at 83? I remember.