Posted on 04/03/2016 5:55:31 PM PDT by artichokegrower
GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY UNLESS YOU ARE LEGAL!! OUT!!
I disparage any illegal entry into my nation. Any illegal will get gone soon. Rest in that.
Well, we know this a huge crock! The field workers hated him! He forced them to give him the money they earned, the money they sent back home to their families.
Grrrrrrr, I despise Chavez and how his whole notoriety is a big lie.
Understand, much of the work is by the piece. Why? To get production because harvest is time-sensitive.
So, while the farm tries to pay the least dollars per piece possible, the law of supply and demand reigns supreme and is effect, always. Subsequently, the price paid per piece has to be competitive because there are other farms out there and the price finally settles at a point that is acceptable to the worker.
At that point the production is acceptable to both the farmer and the worker.
Many of you would be surprised at the money a worker can earn in a day. Probably more than many of you make.
There is more nuances to this, but you get the drift.
He said he would have his own mother arrested if she crossed the border to get ‘work’...
Oh, AND he was a communist...
Reminds me of when we had to pick green beans in Arkansas fifty four years ago, all white crew. Hardest work I ever did under a blazing 100 degree hot sun, 75% humidity. Thought I was gonna die. My brother passed out in the fields, all for a 1 1/2 cents a pound. I made five dollars one day!
Then the weather turned dry and they decided to give us 2 cents a pound for lighter beans. Most I ever made then was $2.80 a day for the same amount picked.
We got educated and got out of there when we became of age.
When I was young Cesar Chavez’s office was right down the street from the theatre we used to go to every Saturday. Lamont, Ca. We would walk past it on the way home. They always kept a bowl of candy on the counter and we would stop, go in and get a piece. He was there several times we stopped in. He was always jolly and nice to us. That’s my memory of him.
Later they bought the Headquarters by Keene, Ca. where Hubby just happened to be stationed as a firefighter. They went to the camp often and he said Cesar Chavez was always very nice to them. They had armed guards at the camp.
I was young and really didn’t know much about Chavez but I do know he didn’t like illegal aliens. He felt they took work that should be for citizens. Once he got older and Dolores Huerta, a real commie, got so involved in the organization everything changed. She has now run it for years as an illegal alien harbor.
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